Family
– Scrophulariaceae
Synonym
– Lindernia crustacea var. clarkei G.S.Giri
& Majumdar; Lindernia
crustacea var. verticillata (Haines)
K.K.Khanna; Lindernia
gracilis (Bonati) Bonati; Lindernia minuta (Blume)
Koord.; Lindernia obtusa (Blume)
Koord.; Lindernia
racemosa Bonati
Habit
– Herb
Habitat
– Moist deciduous forests and waste lands
Distribution
– Africa, America and Tropical and Subtropical Asia
Flowering
and Fruiting – August-November
Key Identification Features –
This herb is prostrate and diffusely branched, with simple, opposite leaves.
Its flowers are axillary, either solitary or in pairs on terminal racemes. The
corolla is rose to purple, and the stamens are didynamous. The ovary is globose,
and the capsule contains numerous minute seeds.
Uses
– It
is a weed
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