Anisomeles indica(L.) Kuntze

WFO wfo-0000982244 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Anisomeles indica, photographed by Hopeland
fig. a Hopeland, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-18 / obs. 173261007
Anisomeles indica, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174686932
Anisomeles indica, photographed by মহা বিদ্রোহী BUT রণ ক্লান্ত
fig. c মহা বিদ্রোহী BUT রণ ক্লান্ত, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168941961
Anisomeles indica, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. d Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166579733
Anisomeles indica, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. e Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165585949
Anisomeles indica, photographed by Shawn O'Donnell
fig. f Shawn O'Donnell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28197655
Anisomeles indica, photographed by 楊富鈞
fig. g 楊富鈞, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25343916
Anisomeles indica, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 70891859

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Anisomeles indica is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.Christmas I.Laccadive Is.MaldivesNicobar Is.
Native distribution of Anisomeles indica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Christmas I. XMS
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 49 in flower of 56 examined

Peak flowering in Sep. Each bar is the share of Anisomeles indica observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 49 of 56 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 9 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 28 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ajuga disticha (L.) Roxb.
  • Ajuga glabrata Benth. ex Wall.
  • Ajuga mollissima Wall. ex Steud.
  • Anisomeles albiflora (Hassk.) Miq.
  • Anisomeles cuneata J.Jacq. ex Fenzl
  • Anisomeles disticha (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Anisomeles glabrata Benth. ex Wall.
  • Anisomeles indica var. biflora Steenis
  • Anisomeles indica var. mollissima (Benth.) Backer
  • Anisomeles malabarica var. albiflora Hassk.
  • Anisomeles mollissima Wall.
  • Anisomeles ovata W.T.Aiton
  • Anisomeles ovata var. glabrata Benth.
  • Anisomeles ovata var. mollissima Benth.
  • Anisomeles ovata var. serratifolia Miq.
  • Anisomeles secunda Kuntze
  • Anisomeles tonkinensis Gand.
  • Ballota disticha L.
  • Ballota mauritiana Pers.
  • Epimeredi indicus (L.) Rothm.
  • Epimeredi secundus Rothm.
  • Lophanthus argyi H.Lév.
  • Marrubium indicum (L.) Burm.f.
  • Monarda zeylanica Burm.f.

and 4 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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