Polycarpon loeflingiae Benth. & Hook.f.

 
  • Family : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
    (Pink Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BUGYALE FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Common weed in gardens
  • Key identification features : A perennial herb spreading on the ground into a flat circular patch. Leaves whorled, unequal, obovate-cuniate; cymes terminal. Flowering during first spring rains
  • Flower, Fruit : November
  • Collector(s) Name : Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 19-11-1959
  • Collection Nos : CS 4811
  • Collection Locality : Kodaikanal, Dindigal dist. Tamil Nadu
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Koraput district
  • World Distribution : Tropics of Asia and Africa
  • Literature : Based on herbarium specimens
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polycarpon loeflingiae. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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