Lavandula bipinnata O.Kuntze

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
    (Mint Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Lavandula bipinnata var. intermedia Kuntze; Lavandula bipinnata var. rothiana Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lavandula bipinnata (Roth) Kuntze
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gorea (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Open places in the hills
  • Comments / notes : Common on hill slopes amongst grasses
  • Key identification features : Herb, erect. Stem slender, 4-angled, pubescent. Leaves pinnatipartite, deeply lobed, lobes linear, entire or cut or toothed, glabrous or pubescent above, pale and pubescent beneath. Flowers pale blue or white, in solitary or panicled-spikes; bracts lanceolate, shortly acuminate, almost equalling the calyx
  • Flower, Fruit : September-February
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
    • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district, Beed district, Jalna district, Latur district, Nanded district, Osmanabad district, Parbhani district, Pune district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district, Kalhandi district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh
  • 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
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.722. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lavandula bipinnata. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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