Purple Stem Scaly-Ball
Lepidagathis purpuricaulis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering
- February-April
How to identify Purple Stem Scaly-Ball
Identify Purple Stem Scaly-Ball 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.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Purple Stem Scaly-Ball.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lepidagathis purpuricaulis
- Genus
- Lepidagathis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On slopes of hill forests and stream banks of mixed forests
- Native to
- India, Myanmar
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Purple Stem Scaly-Ball itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Purple Stem Scaly-Ball itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Purple Stem Scaly-Ball
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Purple Stem Scaly-Ball (Lepidagathis purpuricaulis) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. It grows in on slopes of hill forests and stream banks of mixed forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to April.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Purple Stem Scaly-Ball belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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