About White Shrub-Mint
Pogostemon purpurascens is a small herbaceous, flowering plant found in the Western Ghats in South India. It is in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pogostemon purpurascens
- Genus
- Pogostemon
- Family
- LAMIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- South West India
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- പൂതച്ചിട
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
White Shrub-Mint belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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