Dark Purple Caralluma
Caralluma stalagmifera var. stalagmifera
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- June-July
How to identify Dark Purple Caralluma
Identify Dark Purple Caralluma by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Very dark purple flowers.
- Confirm leaf shape: Absent (leafless).
- Confirm flower colour: Maroon/dark purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dark Purple Caralluma.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Caralluma stalagmifera var. stalagmifera
- Genus
- Caralluma
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Absent (leafless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dark Purple Caralluma itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Maroon/dark purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dark Purple Caralluma itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Dark Purple Caralluma
Dark Purple Caralluma (Caralluma stalagmifera var. stalagmifera) belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. Flowering and fruiting run from June to July.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Dark Purple Caralluma belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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