• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OROBANCHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands and open moist places
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Bargarh district, Keonjhar district, Kalhandi district
• World Distribution : India, Madagascar, Nepal, Tropical Africa
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Buchnera hispida. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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