• 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) : Sopubia trifida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : Common on exposed grassy slopes up to 1300m.
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
• Native : Indo-Himalaya
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, West and Central China, Malesia
• 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. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Sopubia trifida. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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