- Family : ACANTHACEAE
- Family (As per The Plant List) : Acanthaceae
- Species : Andrographis serpyllifolia
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Andrographis serpyllifolia (Vahl) Wight
- Common name : Creeping Creat
- Vernacular name : Kaasinasarada gida (Kan.)
- Collection Nos : HFP 599, CJS 13433
- Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
- Endemism : South India
- Key identification features : A prostrate herb with stout rootstock and branching radially from a densely-hairy main stem. Leaves are orbicular and glabrous. Flowers are subsessile, mostly solitary with small bracts. Calyx is glandular and hairy. Corolla is white, hairy, 1-1.5 cm; lower lip is with violet blotches. Fruit is a capsule.
- Habit : Herb
- Native : India
- Comments :
Frequently seen in open, dry places.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Collection Locality : Byrapura (Hassan)
- 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, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
- Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
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