About Indian Spur-Anther Flower
Centranthera indica, or Indian spur-anther flower, is an annual herb belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It is distributed along the Indomalayan realm, China and Australia. Growing erect up to 10–50 cm, this plant is seen in open grasslands and moist deciduous to evergreen forests of the Western Ghats.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Centranthera indica
- Genus
- Centranthera
- Family
- SCROPHULARIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Malaysia, China, Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കൊറോസിനം Corosinam
Botanical family
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Indian Spur-Anther Flower belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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