Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (FIGWORT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Plantaginaceae
  • Species : Mecardonia procumbens
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small
  • Common name : Baby jump-up
  • Key identification features : An annual herb. Leaves are opposite, subsessile, toothed. Flowers are small (1.3 cm) long, tubular having 2 joined upper lobes, 3 lower lobes, yellow in colour with a brown-lined throat.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Native : Sub-tropical America
  • Comments : On hill plains to 1300 m on clayey ground. Sometimes as a weed in clumps.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Naturalized in Tropics
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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=Mecardonia procumbens. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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