Balunakuta

Verbenaceae

Stachytarpheta indica 

Indian Snakeweed, Blue snakeweed  E

Balunakuta                                 S

Seemai nayuruvi                       T

Indian Snakeweed is a terrestrial, annual or perennial, erect subshrub, up to 2 m tall. Taproot white or brown. Stem quadrangular, solid, glabrous or hairy. Stipules absent. Leaves simple,. Stalkless blue flowers appear in a slender terminal spike, petals 5, blue, with white throat.