Cyanotis cristata (L.) D.Don

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Commelinaceae
  • Species : Cyanotis cristata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyanotis cristata (L.) D.Don
  • Common name : Crested Cat Ears
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2048, CJS 10964
  • Key identification features : A glabrous diffuse herb that branches from the base, branches creeping and rooting below, then ascending. Leaves are ovate-oblong with spreading hairs. Inflorescence is a solitary, few-flowered cyme. Flowers are blue, 1 cm across, with tufts of staminal hairs. Fruit is a capsule.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Common herb in moist places during rainy season.
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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