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| species = lurida<br />
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'''''Strobilanthes lurida''''' is a [[species]] of flowering plant, endemic to Southern [[Western Ghats|Western Ghat]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Strobilanthes luridus - Lurid Coneflower |url=https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lurid%20Coneflower.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=www.flowersofindia.net}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
''Strobilanthes lurida'' is a large, branched shrub, with thick hairless stem, swollen at nodes. Flowers are borne in spikes, from older stems. Purple bracts,white bracteoles, two lipped purple flowers. Flower-tube is about 2 mm long; swollen portion widening above gradually, hairless outside, hairy inside, 5-petalled. Petals are ovate, blunt, about 3 mm long. Four stamens, united at the base in pair to form a staminal sheath. Filaments are about 1.5 cm long. Ovary is on a prominent disc, about 2.5 mm.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Oppositely arranged saw tooth margin, ovate-elliptic leaves are blunt towards base. Tapering at tip, leathery, hairy, densely hairy beneath. 5cm long leaf stalks are slightly hairy. Capsules are ovoid-ellipsoid, about 2 cm long, tapering, hairless, included in bracts.Flowering season is December-April.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Strobilanthes luridus (ACANTHACEAE) : Muttakannikurinji |url=http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Strobilanthes_luridus |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=keralaplants.in}}</ref><br />
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== Range ==<br />
Seen in evergreen shola forests of southern Western Ghats at altitude of 500-1500m<ref name=":1" /><br />
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[[Category:Flora of India]]<br />
[[Category:Strobilanthes|lurida]]<br />
[[Category:Agasthyamala Jan 2023 - WalkWithVC]]<br />
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