• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LINDERNIACEAE
• Basionym : Gratiola rotundifolia L.
• Synonym(s) : Ilysanthes rotundifolia (L.) Benth.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lindernia rotundifolia (L.) Alston
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Theni district
• World Distribution : Paleotropics
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi 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 rotundifolia. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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