Pogostemon purpurascensDalzell

WFO wfo-0000279734 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-02-11 / obs. 179143660
Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 111639688
Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 61423609
Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 125077650
Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 132173566
Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122686311
Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122529642
Pogostemon purpurascens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 131856029

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K001392423
Filed as
Pogostemon purpurascens Dalzell
Det. by
Nandikar, M.
Collected
Dalzell, N.A.
Origin
IN
The sheet
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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Pogostemon purpurascens is native: Assam, India, West Himalaya AssamIndiaWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Pogostemon purpurascens, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
West Himalaya WHM

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.

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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