Bracteate, bracts obovate, obtuse, white with green hairs, bracteoles narrowly linear, acute, densely clothed on the back and ciliate with long white hairs.
Calyx white pubescent, scarious, lobes lanceolate, acute, with strong midrib.
Corolla tube slender, lobes oblong obovate, truncate at the apex.
Filaments glabrous.
Fruit :
Capsules glabrous, pointed.
Seeds much compressed.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : October onwards.
Significance :
The spindle-shaped, tuberous root of the plant boiled in milk is a popular remedy for leucorrhoea.
The root is also given to pregnant cattle to promote the growth of the foetus.
