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Jack's Wool Flower

Lasianthus jackianus

Jack's Wool Flower
Photo: Siddarthmachado, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. India, Arunachal Pradesh
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Lasianthus jackianus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tropical understory shrub native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, including India and Sri Lanka.

Where it grows

The species occurs in tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. In India, it has been recorded from the Western Ghats, including Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows mainly in shaded forest understories at low to mid elevations.

Other Lasianthus plants

Lasianthus agasthyamalayanus · Lasianthus blumeanus · Lasianthus capitulatus · Blue rubi · Lasianthus ciliatus · Lasianthus cyanocarpus · Lasianthus gardneri · Lasianthus kilimandscharicus · Lasianthus macrocalyx · Lasianthus oliganthus · Lasianthus pedunculatus · Lasianthus rhizophyllus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lasianthus jackianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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