• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LINDERNIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lindernia anagallis (Burm. f.) Pennell
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist places
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills to 1400m. Gregarious and abundant in marshy places.
• Flower, Fruit : May-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, India, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Tropical Australia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Lindernia anagallis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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