In some places in N. America they grow as weeds as a result of escape from gardens. Only seen during couple of months of summer tanay
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello to all > > *Callisia repens* (Jacq.) Linn. Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 62. 1762. *Hapalanthus* > *repens* Jacquin <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/8300619>, in Enumeratio > Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 1, 12. 1760. > > Herbs perennial. Stems prostrate, forming mats, much branched, rooting at > nodes. Leaves distichous, gradually becoming smaller distally along > flowering shoots; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, 1--4 × 0.6--1.2 cm, > glabrous except for scabrid margin and apex, base clasping, subcordate or > obtuse, apex acuminate. Inflorescence of paired (sometimes solitary), > sessile, dense cincinni in axils of distal leaves. Flowers unisexual or > male. Sepals green, linear-oblong, 3--4 mm, hirsute along midvein, margin > scarious. Petals white, lanceolate, 3--6 mm. Stamens 3; filaments long > exserted; connectives broadly deltoid. Ovary oblong, subtrigonous, > 2-loculed, apex pilose; ovules 2 per locule. Style filiform, long; stigma > penicillate. Capsule oblong, ca. 1.5 mm, 2-valved. Seeds 2 per valve, brown, > ca. 1 mm, rugose. > > *Distribution: *Native of New world,* *naturalized on roofs of houses. > -- > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > Research Student, > Department of Botany, > Shivaji University, > Kolhapur. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
