Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 416 1915. (Syn. Acanthus integrifolius L.f.; Acanthus repens Vahl; Blepharis integrifolia var. setosa (Nees) Oberm.; Blepharis molluginifolia Pers.; Blepharis repens (Vahl) Roth; Blepharis rupicola Engl.; Blepharis saturejifolia Pers.; Blepharis setosa Nees); Much branched creeping herbs; stems terete, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves simple, verticillate, usually 4 at nodes, sessile, obovate, 5-7 x 2.5-4 mm, coriaceous or subcoriaceous apex rounded or shortly mucronate, margin entire; lateral nerves obscure, younger leaves often sparsely setose. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile; bracts 2, oblong, 0.75- 1.0 x 0.5-0.75 mm, apex apiculate, trinerved, margin setose ciliate towards apex; bacteoles 8 (4 pairs) apex acuminate, margin long ciliate, reticulate. Sepals 4 in two opposite pairs; membranous, outside puberulous, inside glabrous, margin ciliated, reticulate; outer pair larger, anterior sepal oblong or oblong- lanceolate, 8.5-9.5 x 2.5-3.0 mm, apex acute, trinerved, posterior sepal lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 8.5-9.5 x 2.0-2.5 mm, apex bifid, binerved; inner pair, smaller, lanceolate, 7.0-7.5 x 2.0-2.5 mm, apex acuminate, uninerved. Corolla bilabiate; tube 3.5-4.5 mm long, outside glabrous, inside with a ring of plumose hairs below the attachment of stamens; upper lip very short or rudimentary; lower lip 5.5- 6.5 mm long, trilobed, middle lobe smaller, densely covered with hooked or deflexed white hairs inside. Stamens 4, equal, filaments 1.25-1.5 mm long, thicker at the base, glabrous, prolonged above the insertion of the anther; anthers 1.5-1.75 x 0.5 mm, one- celled, margin and apex long ciliated. Ovary cylindrical, 1.5 mm long, glabrous, style 2.5-3.0 mm long, glabrous, base of the style produced downwards encircling the top of the ovary forming an inverted cup-like structure, stigma inconspicuous. Flowering and fruiting: November-December Deciduous forests and scrub jungles India and Sri Lanka (From India Biodiversity Portal (Blepharis integrifolia)
images of an herb for idenfication, : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 3 authors. SENDING images of an herb for identification, looks like an member of acanthaceae, or fabacaceae din't find it in flowering condition It is Blepharis repens of Acanthaceae
A creeping, small, wild herb found today (19-01-14) in wasteland at Andal (Burdwan/Bardhaman District. It may be Blepharis integrifolia (= B. repens = B. molluginifolia). It doesn't look like B. maderaspatensis to me. Thank you once again ... for the very probable ID. (I too was feeling very uneasy to tag it with B. maderaspatensis) Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz.(=Blepharis molluginifolia) is the correct identity. ... posting is correct Road to Makalidurga 10th October 2014 It is Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz (= Blepharis molluginifolia Pers) Two links I found.. http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/pdf/Blepharis%20repens/545.pdf.jpg http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/line/Blepharis%20repens/Blepharis%20repens.jpg
Blepharis repens (Vahl) Roth SN Jan15 04 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Blepharis repens (Vahl) Roth, prostrate wild herb from Kancheepuram district of Tamilnadu. ... some Telugu names needed in native script : 2 posts by 1 author. Please help me with these Telugu names (if valid) in native script ...
they are as follows 1. బంక తుత్తుర ;
Pl help me to arrive at identification of the attached Blepharis sp. Observed in Tisaiyanvilai, Tirunelveli Dist of Tamilnadu. Heads mostly 1-fld. many of the outer bracts barren, bracteoles elliptic or oblong sub-sessile, petals blue in colour. It suits the description of B molluginifolia, which is a synm of B integrifolia as per the plant list. Whether it could be Blepharis integrifolia var. clarkei (Schinz) Oberm Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz only?? Because Blepharis integrifolia var. clarkei (Schinz) Oberm does not seem to have distribution in India. References: POWO The Plant List (Syn. of Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz) (Not considered) A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon -, Volume 12 By M. D. Dassanayake (2000- Details- Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. with Blepharis repens (Vahl) Roth as a syn.) Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah India Biodiversity Portal (Blepharis repens) |
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