Koorige Gurgi / Bearded Coneflower
Strobilanthes barbatus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- January-April (Once in seven years)
How to identify Koorige Gurgi
Identify Koorige Gurgi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-April (Once in seven years).
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Koorige Gurgi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Strobilanthes barbatus
- Genus
- Strobilanthes
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- On hills above 1000m in shade, especially by stream banks, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-April (Once in seven years)
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Koorige Gurgi 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 Koorige Gurgi itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಕೂರಿಗೆ Koorige ಗುರ್ಗಿ Gurgi
About Koorige Gurgi
Bearded Coneflower (Strobilanthes barbatus) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows in on hills above 1000m in shade, especially by stream banks, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Koorige Gurgi belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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