- Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
(Figwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
- Synonym(s) : Veronica afrochamaedrys Engl.; Veronica chamaedryoides Engl.; Veronica javanica var. nana Hochr.; Veronica maddenii Edgew. ex Hook.f.; Veronica murorum Maxim.; Veronica vogerensis Walp.; Veronica wogerensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Veronica javanica Blume
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : A weed of cultivated fields
- Key identification features : Annual herbs, up to 10 cm long; branches many from base, prostrate, pubescent; Leaves ovate; Flowers in axillary racemes, bluish white; Capsules heart shaped, notched.
- Flower, Fruit : June
- Distribution :
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : China, Bhutan, India, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Rwanda, Somalia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Himalayas, S.China, India, S.Japan, Malaysia, S.America
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 221
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Veronica javanica. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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