Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

 
  • Family : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
    (Pink Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BUGYALE FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded forest areas in high ranges
  • Comments / notes : Abundant on hills as mats; in shady, moist and fallow fields.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-March
  • Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Date : 31/01/1971
  • Collection Nos : R.R. Rao 1221
  • Collection Locality : Attikan, B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Pune district, Satara district, Thane district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • 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=Stellaria media. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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