✿Gesneriaceae · Didymocarpus
Nilgiri Stone Flower
Didymocarpus meeboldii
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- October-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Didymocarpus meeboldii
- Genus
- Didymocarpus
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On wet rocks in grasslands
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-December
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (CR)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nilgiri Stone Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nilgiri Stone Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Nilgiri Stone Flower
Nilgiri Stone Flower (Didymocarpus meeboldii) belongs to the Gesneriaceae family, where it grows as a herb. It grows in on wet rocks in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to December.
Botanical family
Gesneriaceae
Gesneria Family
Nilgiri Stone Flower belongs to the Gesneriaceae family.
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