Is this a weed of Tea plantation and paddy fields? Yes Manudevji, the genera is *Drymaria* sp. of Caryophyllaceae.
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:58 AM, manudev madhavan < [email protected]> wrote: > Could this be *Drymaria* *cordata* (L.) Willd. ex > Schult.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2778492> > (*Caryophyllaceae*<http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Caryophyllaceae/> > .)??? > > > http://www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79176:drymaria-cordata-l-willd-ex-schultes&catid=368:d > > > <http://www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79176:drymaria-cordata-l-willd-ex-schultes&catid=368:d> > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Please help to id this small herb found on rock crevices on high >> altitudes. >> >> Location: Ooty town, Nilgiris, TN >> Altitude: c. 2100 ASL >> Date: 24 Jan 2011 >> >> Plant height: c. 10 cm long >> Leaf c. 0.5cm across (more or less cordate shaped) >> Flower c. 0.3 cm across >> >> I have also seen this herb at Silver falls of Kodaikanal, TN. >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> > > > -- > *Manudev K Madhavan* > Junior Research Fellow > Systematic & Floristic Lab, > Department of Botany, > Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research > St. Joseph's College, Devagiri > Kozhikode- 673 008 > Mob: 9496470738 > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
