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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth.
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
OTHER FAMILY:
Scrophulariaceae; Veronicaceae
SUBTRIBE
Veroniceae
GENUS
Picrorhiza Royle ex Benth.
SPECIES
kurrooa Royle ex Benth. Scroph. ind. 47. 1835
Plant Description
A small perennial herb; leaves radical, spoon shaped, toothed rather leathery, tip rounded, base narrowed into a winged sheath stalk; flowers pale or purplish blue, in dense spike, sepals 5, corolla tube curved and broad, stamens 4, Rootstock as thick as the little figure coverd with withered leaf bases. Capsule ovoid, swollen
*Description source: Not verified.