Nice Catch Satish Ji, Common weed in our area On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Sid <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
