Nice pictures with detailed description. Thanks for sharing the same. Would you please upload a picture showing the habit of the plant, if you have one.
Regards, Giby On 27 January 2012 14:10, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > This one is another common winter weed (Chickweed) from Caryophyllaceae, > photographed from I.B. College Panipat, in January 2012 > > *Stellaria media** (Linn.) Vill*., Hist. Pl. Dauph. 3: 615, 1789; *Alsine > media *Linn., Sp. Pl. 272. > > Annual, semi-erect herb. Stem* *trailing along the ground. Leavespetioled, > opposite, ovate, acute, 1.5-10 cm, thin, glabrous, lower leaves > long-stalked. Flowers white, nearly 1 cm in diameter, in leafy, axillary > or terminal clusters. Sepals* *4 or 5, enlarged in fruit, sticky, > lanceolate, free to the base. Petals as many as sepals, deeply bilobed. > Stamens* *3-10. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid. Seeds many, brown, rough. > > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
