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Lindernia anagallis (Burm. f.) Pennell
Synonym
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Gratiola cordifolia
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Family
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Linderniaceae
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Flowering and fruiting period
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July-December
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Banks of streams and marshy areas
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Diffuse herbs,
rooting at lower nodes, then ascending. Leaves ovate to elliptic, base
truncate, margin crenate-serrate, apex subacute, penninerved, glabrous,
sessile. Flowers white or pink, axillary, solitary or rarely 2-per node;
Calyx deeply 5-lobed almost to the base, 3-6 mm long, lobes
linear-lanceolate. Corolla tube 6-8 mm long; limb 2-lipped, upper lip entire,
lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, fertile; anterior filaments with a linear
appendage from near base; anthers of basal pair spurred. Capsule long,
linear, glabrous, much exceeding the calyx. Seeds long, ellipsoid.
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