✿Lamiaceae · Pogostemon
Pogostemon mollis
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- October-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pogostemon mollis
- Genus
- Pogostemon
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Rocky areas of grasslands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pogostemon mollis itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pogostemon mollis itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pogostemon mollis
Pogostemon mollis is a low shrub in the Lamiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It grows in rocky areas of grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Pogostemon mollis belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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