Hedyotis caerulea Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Hedyotis caerulea
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hedyotis cyanantha Kurz
  • Key identification features : An erect scabrous annual herb. Stems are setaceous. Leaves are linear, aristate, stipules are truncate. Flowers are blue, sessile, axillary or in terminal few-flowered heads. Corolla nearly rotate. Capsule is globose, crustaceous, late dehiscent.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : December-February
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Occasional in plains in poor gravelly soil in scrub jungles.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Nellore district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Hedyotis caerulea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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