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Pogostemon gardneri
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Pogostemon gardneri Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 632. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1133(792). 1924; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 222. 1988; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 662. 2009.
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Description:
Erect herbs; stem villous, reddish. Leaves simple, opposite, up to 12 x 8 cm, ovate, acute, cuneate at base, inciso-crenate, pubescent; petiole to 1 cm. Flowers small, in terminal panicled spikes; clusters usually close but occasionally interrupted, the floral leaves mostly reflexed; bracts oblong-lanceolate, ciliate, membranous, usually longer than the calyx. Calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla pink. Stamens 4, exserted, subequal; filaments bearded; anther-cells confluent. Disk subentire. Ovary 4-partite; style slender, 2-fid with slender stigmatic lobes; nutlets orbicular.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Purple, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Walakkad
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