Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst.

🌿 Common Name: Blue carpet flower

IUCN Status

Not Applicable : Not Applicable
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  • Herbs
  • Chittorgarh
  • Naturally grown
  • It has a rosette of leaves,
    which are variable,
    ranging from narrow elliptic,
    lanceolate,
    to broadly ovate.
    The leaf is approx. 50mm in diameter.
    They can be lightly hairy on both surfaces,or hairless above and hairy beneath.
    They conspicuously veined, or ribbed. The veins or ribs are purple or pink on the underside.
    Above the leaf, it has a small branched or unbranched stem, which is hairy,and usually less than 2–3 in (51–76 mm) tall.It is quadrangular in section.
    In summer it blooms, normally between October and May,
    appearing a week after the first rains.

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Taxonomy Section

Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
No events found.

No records found in the classification table for the category: linderniaceae.

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