Strobilanthes wightiana Nees Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 86 (1832) (syn: Nilgirianthus wightianus (Nees) Bremek.); . India (Orissa, SW Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per Catalogue of Life; . stroh-bil-AN-theez — cone flower … Dave’s Botanary wight-ee-AY-na — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipedia . commonly known as: pale kurinji . Shrubs; branches hirtus. Leaves 7 x 4 cm, ovate, acuminate, serrate, densely hirtus; nerves 4 pairs; petiole 2-3 cm long. Spikes 1.5 x 2.5 cm, obconical; peduncle 2-6 cm long; involucral bracts 2-4, leafy, 1-3 x 1.5 cm; floral bracts densely hairy at base; bracteoles linear. Flowers few; sepals 10 mm long, hairy, united below the middle; corolla 2 cm long, pale blue, tube 5 mm long, villous inside. Capsule 9 x 3 mm, glabrous; seeds 3 x 3 mm, orbicular, glabrous, oblique at base. Flowering and fruiting: November-March Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests Southern Western Ghats (Endemic) (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) .
Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Strobilanthus wightianus :: MK MAR 008 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Name: Strobilanthes wightianus Nees Family: Acanthaceae Habit: shrub Height: 1-1.5 m Location: Mukruthi National Park, Nilgiris Alt.: 2250 m asl Date: 12 Oct 2012 Dear all, is my ID right? For me the ID is perfect. The colour of the all other photos is different from first photograph. Is it due to fading? Yes it is S.wightianus
Nilgiris: Strobilanthus for identification 301012MK01: Please help me to identify this Acanthaceae plant. The growth is gregarious and commonly seen underneath the shadow of shola trees. Both purple and orange coloured flower varieties are observed. Leaf: 5 x 4cm; leathery hirsute Flower: 2.5cm across Date: 10 Oct 2012 Place: Mukruthi National Park, TN Alt.: 2350 m asl Same as in Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Strobilanthus wightianus :: MK MAR 008 i.e. Strobilanthes wightiana Nees
Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Nilgiris :: Strobilanthus for ID MK MAR 011 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) Please help me to identify this Strobilanthus sp. growing gregariously on roadsides in grasslands. Place: Mukruthi NP, Nilgiris Alt.: 2350 m asl . Strobilanthus sp SN 7317 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 mb. Appears to be same as at Nilgiris: Strobilanthus for identification 301012MK01 Does it look like Strobilanthes reticulatus Stapf ??? By the way there are many new species from the WG but images are not available in the net and could not access journal and most of them are not reflected in the POWO,GBF and CoL for herbarium verification ! Seems to be Strobilanthes wightianus. Yes, it is Strobilanthes wightianus I think this is Strobilanthes wightiana Nees but I should emphasise that I don’t know the South Indian species so well. Note it is wightiana, NOT wightianus as in many books. I don’t know the South Indian species very well and am less confident in naming them but this might be Strobilanthes homotropa Nees (=S. sexennis var homotropa). Looks different from Strobilanthes homotropa as per GBIF. Pl check for Strobilanthes wightianus Yes, matches as per images at Strobilanthes wightiana . Names of Plants in India :: Strobilanthes wightiana Nees: 1 image. Strobilanthes wightiana Nees stroh-bil-AN-theez — cone flower … Dave’s Botanary wight-ee-AY-na — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipedia commonly known as: pale kurinji botanical names: Strobilanthes wightiana Nees … homotypic synonyms: Nilgirianthus wightianus (Nees) Bremek. … POWO, retrieved 23 September 2025 NOTE: Strobilanthes wightiana is the currently accepted scientific name for the plant; Strobilanthes wightianus is now treated as an orthographic variant. Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India pale kurinji
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Strobilanthes wightiana
Updated on October 6, 2025