Cyanotis arachnoidea C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (SPIDERWORT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Commelinaceae
  • Species : Cyanotis arachnoidea
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyanotis arachnoidea C.B.Clarke
  • Key identification features : Herbs with basal rosette hairy leaves. Flowers are blue or violet with beautiful feathery blue filaments and yellow anthers.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Comments : Occasional on hills above 500 m and characteristically on exposed slopes by edges of rocks as discrete clumps.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; Srikakulam district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Krishna district, East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Eastern Himalaya, South China, Taiwan, Indo-China
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; eMonocot. (2010, 1st November). Retrieved Wednesday, 8th February, 2012, from http://e-monocot.org.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cyanotis arachnoidea. Downloaded on 2 May 2024.

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