Botanical name: Strobilanthes pavala    Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Hemigraphis latebrosa, Ruellia pavala, Hemigraphis pavala

Shade-loving Coneflower is an annual herb, growing to 10-20 cm high. The funnel-shaped flowers are violetish white in the throat with streaks of violet. The flower throat is also hairy. Flowers have 5 blue, rounded unequal petals. Sepal-cup is 5-lobed, free near to the base; sepals unequal, fringed with hairs, sparsely glandular-hairy; larger lobe 7-9 mm long, oblong-linear; other 4-lobes 5-7 mm long, linear. The slender stem is covered with soft white hairs. Oppositely arranged ovate-elliptic narrow leaves are 3-8 cm long. Flowers occur either in the leaf axils, or in spikes at the end of stems. Shade-loving Coneflower is common in the grasslands of the Western Ghats. It is also found in Western Himalaya, at altitudes of 300-2400 m, and in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Flowering: November-December.

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