Strobilanthes lurida is a species of flowering plant, endemic to Southern Western Ghats.

[1] Strobilanthes lurida is a large, branched shrub, with thick hairless stem, swollen at nodes.

Flower-tube is about 2 mm long; swollen portion widening above gradually, hairless outside, hairy inside, 5-petalled.

[1] Oppositely arranged saw tooth margin, ovate-elliptic leaves are blunt towards base.

Capsules are ovoid-ellipsoid, about 2 cm long, tapering, hairless, included in bracts.Flowering season is December-April.