Kanchi-Duria-Bon / Pimpernel Lindernia
Lindernia anagallis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- May-December
How to identify Kanchi-Duria-Bon
Identify Kanchi-Duria-Bon 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 flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kanchi-Duria-Bon.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lindernia anagallis
- Genus
- Lindernia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, India, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Tropical Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kanchi-Duria-Bon itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- Kanchi-duria-bon
- Marathi
- गदग वेल Gadag vel
About Kanchi-Duria-Bon
Pimpernel Lindernia (Lindernia anagallis) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and 5 other states. It grows in moist places. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Kanchi-Duria-Bon belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
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