Honey bees
Nectar value
Low
Pollen value
Unknown
Pollinator plant
Purple strobilanthes
Strobilanthes atropurpurea
Pollinator recipe
Plant photos
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Purple tubular flowers and opposite leaves of Strobilanthes atropurpurea.
(c) Ramnarayan K / iNaturalist / CC BY 4.0
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Source: iNaturalist photo 88595020
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Pale purple flowers of Strobilanthes atropurpurea.
(c) Siddarth Machado / iNaturalist / CC BY 4.0
Photo details
Resized and converted to WebP. No content edits.
Source: iNaturalist photo 38745936
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Common names
6 names · 6 languages- EnglishYour language
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- Purple strobilanthes
Other languages (5)
Sources & name notes (1)
Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.
Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.
Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.
[1] Strobilanthes atropurpurea — iNaturalist taxon names ↗
Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.
Source records
- 翅柄马蓝 — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 708896; Strobilanthes atropurpurea.
- Стробилянт тёмно-красный — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 708896; Strobilanthes atropurpurea.
- 翅柄馬藍 — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 708896; Strobilanthes atropurpurea.
- torviametistipensas — results[0].names[4]; taxon id 708896; Strobilanthes atropurpurea.
- strobilant tmavopurpurový — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 708896; Strobilanthes atropurpurea.
Plant references
Source-backed information
Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.
- Taxonomy
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Strobilanthes atropurpurea is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.
Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.
Sources [1] - Botanical family
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Acanthaceae
Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.
Sources [1] - Native range
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Himalaya.
Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.
Sources [2]
Catalogue ratings
Who this plant supports
Plant profile
About this plant
Purple strobilanthes (Strobilanthes atropurpurea) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from July to September.
Sources and references
References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.
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Catalogue of Life
Strobilanthes atropurpurea — Catalogue of Life COL26.8
COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.
Relevant sections
- Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1301432; ID 532N3; rank species; status accepted
- Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1301432; ID 532N3; rank species; status accepted
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Strobilanthes atropurpurea — Kew WCVP native distribution
Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.
Supports: Native rangeRelevant sections
- Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 210462; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 939931, 939932, 939933
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Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.