Striga Gesnerioides

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Rajesh Sachdev

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Dec 16, 2009, 2:23:16 AM12/16/09

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Name of Species: Striga Gesnerioides
Common Name: English : Purple Witchweed, Cowpea Witchweed, Indigo witchweed, Tobacco witchweed • Hindi: मिस्सी Missi • Marathi: बंबाकू Bambaku

Family: Scrophulariaceae
Conservation status: NA
Photographed: 8th December, 2009

Location: Panorama Point, Matheran

Habitat Type: Platue on hill top, part of Western Ghats

Camera: OLYMPUS SP570UZ
Lens: OLYMPUS ED LENS AF ZOOM 4.6 - 92 mm, 1:2.8 - 4.6
Description: Small erect parasitic herb, occasional in grasslands at higher elevations in hills.

Distribution: Unknown

Flowering: August - January

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