Anagallis arvensis L.

 
  • Family : PRIMULACEAE
    (Primrose Or Primula Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anagallis arabica Duby; Anagallis indica Sweet
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lysimachia arvensis (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.
  • Common name : Sheperd's Clock
  • Vernacular name :
    • Jonkomari (Hindi)
    • Suryakanthi soppu (Kannada)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : A moisture-loving weed in field and watse places
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 800m and abundant in fallow fields. The flowers always close up in cloudy weather
  • Key identification features : Branches quadrangular, glabrous. Flowers bright blue, solitary; pedicels decurved in fruits. Seeds trigonous
  • Flower, Fruit : September-April
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district
    • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Namakkal district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun district
    • Delhi : Vasant Kunj
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Mediterranean
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Tropics and Temperate regions of the World
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
    • Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 203-204
    • Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.1: 461
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Anagallis arvensis. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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