• Family : LYTHRACEAE
  (Loose-Strife Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MEHNDI FAMILY (मेंहंदी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LYTHRACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Lilac Tassel flower
• Vernacular name : Piaingaga duba (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Paddy fields and marshy areas, also in small ditches near rocky places
• Flower, Fruit : August-March
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy; K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh R & Siddharth
• Collection Date : 26-01-2014; 26-10-2014
• Collection Nos : FAP 42034; HJCB-E-127
• Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP); Talakona forest, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Bengaluru district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., 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=Rotala fimbriata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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