• Family : NYCTAGINACEAE
• Family (As per The Plant List) : Nyctaginaceae
• Species : Boerhavia diffusa
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Boerhavia diffusa L.
• Common name : Common Hogweed, Spreading Hogweed, Pigweed
• Vernacular name : Punarnava (San.); Beshakapore, Gadhaparna (Hin.); Punarnava, Adakaputtana gida (Kan.)
• Collection Nos : KFP 2859, KFP 11391
• Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
• Key identification features : A perennial spreading herb with simple, opposite leaves. Flowers are tiny (0.5 cm. across) and are aggregated at the apex of elongated inflorescence.
• Habit : Herb
• Native : India, Sri Lanka, Pantropics
• Comments : A common herb in open, among grasses.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Collection Locality : Bangalore
• Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
• Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of Dakshina Kanara; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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