Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Erect or diffuse herbs; stem tomentose. Leaves opposite, to 2 x 1.5 cm, ovate, acute, glabrous, lateral nerves form a clear intramarginal vein; petioles 2-3 mm long. Flowers solitary; axillary and terminal; pedicel 1.5 cm long; sepals 3 x 1 mm, oblong, hairy outside; petals 5, 1.3 mm long, 2-fid to base, white; stamens 10, free; ovary 1-celled, ovules few, basal; styles 3, curved, tubercled. Capsule 3 mm long, ovoid; seeds 4-8, 1.2 x 1.2 mm, reniform, tuberculate.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Naturalized, Native of Mediterranean Region
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Degraded forest areas in High Ranges
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Satara, Thane
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Mysore, N. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Fischer, 1921, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Alsine media L., Sp. Pl. 272. 1753.
- Stellaria media (L.) Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauph. 3: 615.1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 230. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 62(45). 1915; N. C. Majumdar in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 585. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 22. 1998.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Fischer, 1921, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Alsine media L., Sp. Pl. 272. 1753.
- Stellaria media (L.) Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauph. 3: 615.1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 230. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 62(45). 1915; N. C. Majumdar in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 585. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 22. 1998.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus | Stellaria |
| Species | Stellaria media |
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