*Strobilanthes attenuata* (Wall. ex Nees) Jacq. ex Nees [image: Strobilanthes attenuata (Wall. ex Nees) Jacq. ex Nees] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104331662>
*stroh-bil-AN-theez* -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Strobilanthes> *at-ten-yoo-AY-tuh* -- thin, weak ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=attenuata> *commonly known as*: blue nettle, nettle-leaf coneflower • *Pahari*: मलोल malol *botanical names*: *Strobilanthes attenuata* (Wall. ex Nees) Jacq. ex Nees ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Pteracanthus attenuatus* (Wall. ex Nees) Bremek. • *Ruellia attenuata* Wall. ex Nees ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Mackenziea newii* (Bedd. ex C.B.Clarke) Bremek. • *Ruellia urticifolia* Wall. • *Strobilanthes newii* Bedd. ex C.B.Clarke • *Strobilanthes reflexa* Nees • *Strobilanthes urticifolia* Kuntze ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 1 September 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *blue nettle, nettle-leaf coneflower* - for want of name, names coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blue%20Nettle.html>, retrieved September 1, 2025 ~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand *मलोल malol* - name borrowed from Pahari (Poonchi or Pothwari), for want of name ... Khan MF, Mashwani ZU, Mehmood A, Qureshi R, Sarwar R, Ahmad KS, Quave CL. An ethnopharmacological survey and comparative analysis of plants from the Sudhnoti District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. <https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7980561/> J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2021 Mar 20;17(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s13002-021-00435-2. PMID: 33743778; PMCID: PMC7980561. ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.08; last update August 18th, 2025. Last accessed 01/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 19:49 01-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 10:57 05-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/strobilanthes-attenuata-wall-ex-nees.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC1%2Bvgbg0dJY4aj1iBQ2dzq9R0yHfNuezbGgCGCXUo26NQ%40mail.gmail.com.
