Nilgiri Stone Flower
Didymocarpus meeboldii
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- October-December
How to identify Nilgiri Stone Flower
Identify Nilgiri Stone Flower 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: Rock-dwelling herb.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-December.
- Confirm it sits within the Gesneriaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Nilgiri Stone Flower.
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.
Gesneriaceae
Gesneria Family
Nilgiri Stone Flower belongs to the Gesneriaceae family.
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