Agya / Dense-Flower Witch-Weed
Striga densiflora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Agya
Identify Agya 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Densely packed flower spikes.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Agya.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Striga densiflora
- Genus
- Striga
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Assam, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Agya itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- Agya, आग्या
About Agya
Dense-flower witch-weed (Striga densiflora) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 4 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Agya belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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