Pan India Bouquets

Goldfussia pentastemonoides Nees

Family : Acanthaceae
(Acanthus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
Synonym(s) : Goldfussia flexuosa Nees; Ruellia capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Ruellia cephalotes Wall.; Ruellia flexuosa Wall.; Ruellia penstemonoides Wall.; Strobilanthes pentastemonoides var. normalis Kuntze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes pentastemonoides (Nees) T.Anderson
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : In moist oak forest; 2190 - 2450 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : August-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Nepal to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 194; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1265
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Goldfussia pentastemonoides. Downloaded on 6 December 2022.