• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Spiny bottle brush
• Vernacular name : Kastula (Hindi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : On dry slopes among grasses
• Flower, Fruit : October-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Belagavi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Rayagada district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Deccan Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• 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; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
• 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=Haplanthodes verticillatus. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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