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Panicled Peristrophe, |
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| Vernacular name | Atrilal, Kakajangha | |
| Scientific name | Peristrophe paniculata, Dianthera paniculata, P. bicalyculata | |
| Family | ||
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | An erect herb, 0.6-1.2 m tall. Young shoots usually 4-sided; adult shoots 6-sided, white spreading bristle-hairy.. | |
| Leaves | Ovate leaves opposite, equal and unequal; petioleed, densely hairy and conspicuously on veins | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Flowers terminal or axillary, with leaves forming a large lax panicle. Pink flowers, to 1 cm, 2-lipped - lower lip spreading, upper lip erect. Stamens 2; filaments distinct, white hairy. | |
| Fruit/ seed | Capsules narrowed into a cylindric stalk, pointed, pubescent, hairy. Seeds papillose and slight rugose. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Wastelands | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September - February | |
| Associated with | Off field flora | |
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