Portulaca quadrifida. http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Chicken%20Weed.html
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:09 AM, greenearth <sinha.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > A pretty spreading plant with tiny yellow flowers, please help id: > > Common plant seen in wase land outskirts of Chennai, in moist semi-shady > places > Low spreading stems seen growing to 5 inches long > Stems are string-like with hairy appendages at nodes > tiny yellow 4-petalled flowers, about 2mm x 1mm long > Seems to flower all through the year, > > Thanks > A.Sinha >