• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PLANTAGINACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Linaria ramosissima Wall.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nanorrhinum ramosissimum (Wall.) Betsche
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Dry grasslands, crevices of rocks of hill slopes
• Flower, Fruit : August-October
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, North Africa, Afghanistan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; 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=Kickxia ramosissima. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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