Peplidium maritimum (L.f.) Asch.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (Figwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  • Basionym : Hedyotis maritima L.f.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in open areas
  • Key identification features : Deccumbent herbs; Leaves subsessile, succulent. Flowers white, axillary, solitary, sessile or 1-3 in fascisles.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-February
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district, Sindhudurg district
  • Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.545. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • 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=Peplidium maritimum. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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