Typical of the Lamiaceae family
Pogostemon wightii
Hairy Shrub-Mint
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- December-January
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: S. India.
- Recorded habitat
- Shola forests
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- Tamil Nadu →
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How to identify Hairy Shrub-Mint
Identify Hairy Shrub-Mint by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Lamiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hairy Shrub-Mint.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pogostemon wightii
- Genus
- Pogostemon
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hairy Shrub-Mint itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hairy Shrub-Mint itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Hairy Shrub-Mint
A member of the Lamiaceae family, Hairy Shrub-Mint (Pogostemon wightii) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to January.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Hairy Shrub-Mint belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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