- 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 IPNI) : Ammannia auriculata Willd.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Paddy fields
- Key identification features : Erect or sub-erect herbs, simple or sparingly branched near base. Leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate, subacute. Capsules purple
- Flower, Fruit : August-December
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Kannur district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Coochbehar, Murshidabad
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Angola, Argentina, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopi
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Paleotropics
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.32. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ammannia auriculata. Downloaded on 22 January 2025.
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Botanical Description
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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