Orthanthera viminea Wight

A shrub. It grows up to 2.5 m high. The young shoots are softly hairy. It often does not have leaves. The leaves are 5 cm long by 4 mm wide. The flowers are in woolly stalked clusters. The fruit are follicles 8-12 cm long by 5 mm wide. They are straight and smooth. The seeds are 3-4 mm long and dark brown and flat.

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in Kashmir in India and Pakistan. It grows up to 1,000 m above sea level.

The flower buds are eaten as a vegetable.

Can be grown by seedlings.