• Family : Acanthaceae
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
• Synonym(s) : Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) Roemer & Schultes; Daedalacanthus nervosus (Vahl) Anderson
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews
• Common name : Blue Sage
• Vernacular name : Arklejhar (Nepali)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Moist gullies and by streams in dry subtropical forest
• Comments / notes : Widely cultivated in the tropics
• Key identification features : Erect, pubescent shrubs. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate, entire, long pointed. Flowers blue in erectaxillary or terminal, dense spikes. Capsule clavate
• Flower, Fruit : February-May
• Distribution :
  • Himachal Pradesh : Kangra district,Kinnaur district
  • Assam : Assam
• Native : Himalaya to Indo-China
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 314; Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.2 (1):1278; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 213; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 549
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Eranthemum pulchellum. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.

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