• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lavandula bipinnata (Roth) Kuntze
• Vernacular name : Gorea (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open places in the hills
• Comments / notes : Common on hill slopes amongst grasses
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district, Kalhandi district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lavandula bipinnata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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