241 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Scrophulariales
► Family Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
► Genus Strobilanthes
Synonyms
Common names
Neelakkurinji (English)
Persian shield (English)
Description
Small bluish violet campanulate flower with one side of the corolla slightly swollen from the base; set in dense broad bracted spikes. A perennial herb or subshrub with numerous erect quadrangular stems.
