QUICK FACT: Famous for synchronized mass blooms about once every 12 years.

THREATS: Grasslands converted for tea/plantations and growing urban pressure in fragile montane habitats.

IMPORTANCE: An endemic shola-grassland understory plant supporting diverse pollinators.

QUICK FACT: Famous for synchronized mass blooms about once every 12 years.

THREATS: Grasslands converted for tea/plantations and growing urban pressure in fragile montane habitats.

IMPORTANCE: An endemic shola-grassland understory plant supporting diverse pollinators.