- Family : AIZOACEAE
(Carpet-Weed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : VISHAKHAPARA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Gisekiaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gisekia pharnaceoides L.
- Common name : Sand Herbage
- Vernacular name :
- Balu-ka-sag (Hindi)
- Esaku darisoppu (Kannada)
- Manal keerai (Tamil)
- Isaka-dasari-kura, Isikedentikura, Ishi-rash kura, Isike chenchalaku (Telugu)
- Susni (Oria)
- Manalkeera (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, plains, sandy sea coasts, wastelands and floor of drying tanks.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Guntur district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Puri district, Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Khurda district, Balasore district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district
- West Bengal : Bankura, Midnapur
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- World Distribution : India, South Africa, Mascarene Islands, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gisekia pharnaceoides. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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