Centranthera indica

Centranthera indica, or Indian spur-anther flower, is an annual herb belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.^[3] It is distributed along the Indomalayan realm, China and Australia.^[4] Growing erect up to 10–50 cm, this plant is seen in open grasslands and moist deciduous to evergreen forests of the Western Ghats.

Centranthera indica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Centranthera
Species:	C. indica
Binomial name
Centranthera indica (L.) Gamble
Synonyms[2]
Razumovia indica (L.) Alston Rhinanthus indicus L. Centranthera procumbens Benth. Purshia ciliata Dennst. Digitalis stricta Roxb. Capraria rigida Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.

Description

Sessile hairy leaves are basally opposite and upper ones are alternate. Flowers are solitary, axillary and rose or white colored corolla is tubular, incurved and dilated above with 5 lobes. There are 4 stamens, Ovary globose and style simple. Fruit is 4-7 x 3–5 mm dark brown capsule, ovoid, covered by persistent calyx lobes. Seeds are 1 mm long, oblong-cuneate and striate. Flowering and fruiting season is September to January.^[4]