Many thanks for sharing this plant Gurcharan ji. Now wondering whether have neglected it considering it to be stunted growth of common Alternanthera. I do not know if it is distributed in Konkan / Western Ghats.
Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Alternanthera paronychioides* A. St-Hill, Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 439. > 1833. > > Common name: Smooth joyweed > > Soft-stemmed prostrate perennial herb, hairy, later glabrescent; leaves > elliptic, ovate-rhombic to spatulate, up to 2 cm long, hairy beneath; > flower greenish-white in axillary sessile heads about 1 cm in diam; bracts > less than half as long as tepals ; tepals similar, white, ovate-oblong, 3-5 > mm long, acuminate, outer 3 3-veined, inner 2 1-veined; pseudostaminodes > shorter than stamens, 3-4-toothed; utricle obcordate, brown. > > Photographed from Delhi. > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
