Elatine triandra Schkuhr

 
  • Family : ELATINACEAE
    (Waterwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ELATINE FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Elatinaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Elatine gracilis H.Mason
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elatine triandra Schkuhr
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : Rare, above 1250m on clayey banks of water tanks.
  • Key identification features : Prostrate herbs; Flowers one at each node; Seeds with 25-35 pits, slightly curved.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-October
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kannur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Guthirayan Hills, Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Mandi district
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krym, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sumatera, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Siberia, Yugoslavia
  • Literature :
    • 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
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 105-106
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elatine triandra. Downloaded on 13 February 2025.

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