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Flora of |
Jammu |
Botanical name |
Blepharis
maderaspatensis
(L.) Heyne |
Synonyms |
- |
Family |
Acanthaceae |
Plant Stage |
Flowering |
Place of collection |
Ram Nagar |
Altitude (m) |
300 |
Date of Collection |
15-09-1969 |
Accession No. |
19066 |
Total Accessions |
4 |
Shelf PlacementCup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
1/f |
Remarks A prostrate or suberect, much branched herb roothing at nodes. Leaves (3-) 4 in a whorl, unequal, petiole 1-5 mm long; lamina thin, elliptic-ovate to oblanceolate, 2-6 (-8) x 1-2.5 (-3) cm, entire or minutely denticulate, apex acutely apiculate, puberulous above, hairy on nerves below, basally attenuate. Inflorescence usually an axillary cluster of 2-3 flowers, 1-1.5 cm long or solitary. Flowers white to purplish-pink, 1.2-1.8 cm long; bracts in 4 opposite paris, |
Identified by |
B.M. Sharma |
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