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MH428 : Lindernia multiflora (Roxb.) Mukerjee

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Genus : Lindernia All. - false pimpernel
Species : Lindernia multiflora (Roxb.) Mukherjee
Plant Location in Melghat : Kolkaz  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Red List Category - Least Concern  
Plant Family : Scrophulariaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Sticky False Pimpernel
 
Synonym : Lindernia viscosa
Gratiola viscosa.
Hornemannia viscosa
Lindernia cruciformis
Lindernia viscosa (Hornem.) Boldingh.
Vandellia hirsuta Buch.-Ham.ex.Benth.
Vandellia multiflora (Roxb.).G.Don.
Vandellia viscosa.
Description : Erect or diffuse hirsute annual herbs, rooting at lower nodes. Leaves 1.5-5 x 1-3 cm, broadly ovate, oblong or obovate, base rounded or truncate, margin crenate-serrate, apex obtuse, hirsute on both surfaces, penninerved; petiole to 1.5 long; upper leaves much smaller and subsessile. Inflorescence a terminal lax, many-flowered raceme; peduncle sparsely glandular-pubescent; pedicels 5-8 mm long, glandular-pubescent; bracts minute, lanceolate. Calyx deeply 5-lobed almost to the base, glandular hispid; lobes 3-4 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Corolla c. 5 mm long, upper lip pale brown, lower lip white with yellow spots at mouth. Stamens 4; longer pair of filaments with a knee-like appendage. Capsule c. 2.5 mm long, ovoid, glabrous, slightly shorter than the calyx lobes. Seeds straw-coloured, shortly cylindric.
 
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Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :