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Flora of |
Jammu |
Botanical name |
Barleria
prionitis
Linn. |
Synonyms |
- |
Family |
Acanthaceae |
Plant Stage |
Flowering |
Place of collection |
Gummat |
Altitude (m) |
300 |
Date of Collection |
28-09-2001 |
Accession No. |
19439 |
Total Accessions |
14 |
Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
2/c |
RemarksA much branched shrub armed with (1-) 2-4, rayish-white, 1-2 cm long sharp, axillary spines. Leaves on 0-2.5 cm long petiole; lamina elliptic or ovate-elliptic to obovate, (4-) 6-12 (-17) x 2-5 (-6) cm, sparsely pubescent beneath, scabrid-lineolate above, attenuate, entire, ciliate, bristly acuminate. Flowers large, golden-yellow, up to 7 cm long, often sessile and solitary lower leaf-axils, in short terminal spikes above; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-2.5 cmx3-5mm |
Identified by |
B.K Kapahi, S.N Sharma |
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