Heart-Leaf Coneflower
Stenosiphonium cordifolium
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Flowering
- December-February
How to identify Heart-Leaf Coneflower
Identify Heart-Leaf Coneflower 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: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-February.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Heart-Leaf Coneflower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stenosiphonium cordifolium
- Genus
- Stenosiphonium
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Scrub and deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-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 Heart-Leaf Coneflower itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Heart-Leaf Coneflower itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Heart-Leaf Coneflower
Heart-Leaf Coneflower (Stenosiphonium cordifolium) is a low shrub in the Acanthaceae family. It grows in scrub and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to February.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Heart-Leaf Coneflower belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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