Herbarium JCB

Curculigo orchioides Gaertner

Family : LILIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Hypoxidaceae
Species : Curculigo orchioides
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Common name : Yellow Groundstar
Vernacular name : Talamuli (San.); Kaalimusli, musli (Hin.); Nela taale gaddi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : HFP 1767, HFP 1804, KFP 1323
Key identification features : A bulbiferous perennial herb. Leaves are strap-like on a shortened stem with parallel veins. Flowers are solitary, about 1-1.5 cm across, attractive and borne on a long stalk that arises from the base of the plant. Fruit is a three-lobed capsule.
Habit : Herb
Native : India
Comments : Common in grasslands, open places and flowers appears with the onset of monsoon.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014- Flora of South Kanara.