Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Plantaginaceae
  • Species : Limnophila chinensis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1219, CJS 9924
  • Key identification features : A small hirsute herb with stem rather spongy and rooting at nodes below. Leaves are penninerved, elliptic-obovate, punctate, serrulate and submerged leaves are not dissected. Flowers are axillary and pedicelled. Calyx is striate subtended by 2 bracteoles. Corolla is tinged with purple.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments : Rare, growing in wet places
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Hassan, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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