It is named after Prof. K. Gopalakrishna Bhat, Department of Botany, Poornaprajna College, Udupi.

[1][2] Grows up to 12-24 cm high and is apically branched with quadrangular stem.

Pink flowers with 4-5 petals are pedicellate and appear in dichasial cyme inflorescence.

[1] Canscora bhatiana grows in exposed laterite rocks in the lateritic hills of Northern Kerala in Peninsular India.

Flowering and fruiting season is during August to October.