Many thanks Manudevji for the identification as well the description.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:51 PM, manudev madhavan < [email protected]> wrote: > This could be *Laurembergia coccinea *(Blume) Kanitz* (Haloragaceae)* > > Procumbent herbs; stem pilose, reddish. Leaves to 1 x 0.5 cm, > oblanceolate, dentate, hairy. Female flowers sessile, axillary, > 3-5-together; sepals 4, 0.5 mm long, hispid; petals absent; ovary 1-celled; > ovules 4; styles 4; short. Male flowers pedicelled; sepals 4, similar to > female flowers; petals 4, 3 mm long, yellow; stamens 8, filaments short; > anthers 3 mm long, oblong. Capsule 1-seeded, hispid, 1 mm long, subglobose. > Distribution: Indo-Malesia > > regards > > Manudev K Madhavan > > > On Friday, 30 November 2012 12:45:51 UTC+5:30, Muthu Karthick, N wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> Please help me to identify this herb found among the grasslands in >> nilgiris upper plateau. Is this any Caryophyllaceae member? >> >> Plant size: 10 cm >> Leaf: 1 cm long >> >> Location: Western Catchement, Nilgiris, TN >> Date: 22 Oct 2012 >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> -- > > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org --
