• Family : FUMARIACEAE
  (Bleeding-Heart Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PAPARA FAMILY (पापड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PAPAVERACEAE
• Basionym : Fumaria parviflora var. indica (Hausskn.) Parsa
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Fumaria indica (Hausskn.) Pugsley
• Vernacular name : Chatarashi (Telugu); Pitpada (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Cultivated fields and waste places
• Comments / notes : Weed of cultivation
• Flower, Fruit : December-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vizianagaram district
  • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district, Dhule district, Jalgaon district, Nanded district, Osmanabad district, Parbhani district, Pune district
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
• World Distribution : India through Central Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Pullaiah and Chennaiah, 1997 Fl. Andhra Pradesh, Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
• 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=Fumaria indica. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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