English: Centranthera indica or Indian Spur-Anther flower is an annual herb belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It is distributed along Indo-Malesia, China and Australia. Growing erect upto 10-50 cm, this plant is seen in open grasslands and moist deciduous to evergreen forests of Western Ghats.
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
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