• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LINDERNIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau
• Vernacular name : Gadar tambaku (Hindi); Patri manjh (Oria); Kutaki (Marathi)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : On plains; in sand along rivers
• Flower, Fruit : August-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Angul district, Kalhandi district, Nayagarh district, Kendrapara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Salem district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, Bago
• 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; 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=Verbascum chinense. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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