Excellent detail Satish ji, both in the text and in the pics. I heard Turkeys and chicken like to eat the leaves of this plant.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > *Phyla nodiflora* (L.) Greene > Syn: *Lippia nodiflora* > Family : Verbenaceae > Observed growing in lawn in Pu.La. Deshpande Udyan Pune Oct 2011 > Creeping perennial herb.* Total height of the plant 6 inches* > Stems rooting at nodes, much branched; subquadrangular clothed with > appressed hairs. > Leaves opposite subsessile. 2bye 1.5 cm.Spathulate, cuneate at base, > rounded at apex. Serrate in upper part. Hairy. > Flowers sessile, densly packed in long pedunculated axillary heads one in > each pair of leaves. > Calyx: 2mm Bracts 2.5mm Corolla 2.5-3mm white or pale pink 2 lipped Upper > lip bifid. Lower lip 3 lobed middle one being largest. > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
