• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LINDERNIACEAE
• Basionym : Gratiola oppositifolia Retz.
• Synonym(s) : Bonnaya oppositifolia (Retz.) Spreng.; Vandellia oppositifolia (Retz.) Haines; Ilysanthes oppositifolia (Retz.) Urban
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas, also on plains, on the floor of scrub jungles up to 1000m.
• Comments / notes : Some higher altitude specimens are much smaller in size
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Dindigul district
• Native : South Asia
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : South and SE. Asia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
• 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 oppositifolia. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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