Acanthocalyx nepalensis

Acanthocalyx nepalensis (D. Don) M. J. Cannon, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(1): 12. 1984. (syn: Morina betonicoides Benth.; Morina nana Wall.; Morina nepalensis D. Don);

China (Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim,
Chumbi, Darjeeling, Assam, N-Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life;

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ID-Tabish-Sikkim-2016-02 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Small herb with thorny leaf-margins and tubular purple flowers which are hairy on the outside.
Found at altitudes of 3000-4500 in East Sikkim
Flowering in June
ID help needed

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Please help in the identification of attached species recorded from the Tawang area, Arunachal Pradesh (altitude around 4000 meter).

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Pl. check at 

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Tricholepis amplexicaulis  ??  

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I do not think matches with images at Tricholepis amplexicaulis C.B.Clarke

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could try Morina spp

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Morina nepalensis D.Don.

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T​hanks … It is also known as ​Acanthocalyx nepalensis.

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thank god. finally !!! i was going crazy with so  many thorny hairs on leaves and even what looks like a withering bunch of flowers or developing fruit. did not match any of the morinas we had. l learned that i have to go beyond what we have. ONE NEW MORINA for our page … wonder what does the flower look like???

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