Stalkless Canscora
Canscora heteroclita
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-February
How to identify Stalkless Canscora
Identify Stalkless Canscora by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Stalkless flowers.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana.
- Confirm it sits within the Gentianaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Stalkless Canscora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Canscora heteroclita
- Genus
- Canscora
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places in rocky and laterite areas of deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Gentianaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Stalkless Canscora itself; the rest are typical of the Gentianaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Stalkless Canscora
Stalkless Canscora (Canscora heteroclita) belongs to the Gentianaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in moist places in rocky and laterite areas of deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to February.
Gentianaceae
Gentian family
Stalkless Canscora belongs to the Gentianaceae family.
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