Distribution and Ecology
The species is found on the exposed rocks with shallow soil around the ariyur shola of Kolli hills, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. In addition it also has been collected from Sirumalai, Shevroys and Kalrayan hills of the Eastern ghats. Chlorophytum kolliensis grows at the shola border which is an open places at an elevation range between 1250 and 1350 m. It is associated with Drosera burmanni Vahl,Drosera peltata Thunb., Eriocaulon sp., Setaria intermedia Roem. & Schult., Impatiens fruticosa Lesch. ex DC.,Arundinela ciliata Nees ex Miq., Heteropogon contortus(L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. Utricularia graminifolia Vahl, and Utricularia scandens Benj.