- Family : COMMELINACEAE
(SPIDERWORT FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Commelinaceae
- Species : Cyanotis fasciculata
- Basionym : Tradescantia fasciculata B.Heyne ex Roth
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyanotis fasciculata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Common name : Fluffy Cat Ears
- Vernacular name : Chingali mara (Kan.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0019; HJCB-E-242
- Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.; K.R.K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 12/09/14; 15/11/2014
- Collection Locality : Pudunur R.F., Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State; Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
- Habitat : Rocky terrain
- Key identification features : A small branched woolly herb. Leaves are sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Inflorescences are axillary and terminal. Flowers are small (0.5 cm. across), pink and hairy. Capsule oblong, trigonous.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : June-December
- Comments : Often on hills above 400 m amongst crevices of rocks.
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Eastern Himalaya
- Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; eMonocot. (2010, 1st November). Retrieved Wednesday, 8th February, 2012, from http://e-monocot.org.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cyanotis fasciculata. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.
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