Common name: Nettle Leaved Lindenbergia • Hindi: पीली बूटी Pili-buti • Bangali: বসন্তী Basanti
Botanical name: Lindenbergia indica Family: Scrophulariaceae (Dog flower family)
Synonyms: Lindenbergia urticifolia
Nettle Leaved Lindenbergia is a perennial herb from the Himalayas, about
6” in height and grows on bare rocks. It has much branched, hairy
stems, rooting from lower nodes. Leaves have coarsely toothed margins,
and are covered with spint hair, making them look like stinging nettle
leaves. Yellow flowers solitary or in terminal spikes or racemes. The
petal structure is basically
2-lipped, tube tubular - the lower lip is larger and is distinctly 3-lobed.
The genus occurs mostly in India with few species in tropical Africa and
Malaysia.
| Photographed in Mussoorie. |
Identification credit: Uluberia Botanical Institute
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