DV - 24AUG10 - 0254 :: red / pink centred Alternanthera

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,
... prostrate herb, similar to habit of other low lying / spreading Alternanthera herbs.
ID please.



Date/Time : August 24, 2010 at 2.54pm IST
Location Place : Tableland, Panchagani
Altitude : 1323 m (above mean sea level)
GPS : around 17°55'20.12"N, 73°48'17.10"E

Habitat : tableland
Type : high-altitude, open land

Plant
Habit : small prostrate herb
Height : just about 5 cm
Length : - not a climber -

Leaves
Type : simple with entire margin, oppositely arranged
Shape : linear lanceolate
Size : about 15 - 40 mm x 4 - 5 mm

Inflorescence
Type : globose heads
Size : about 4 - 6 mm dia

Flowers
Size : perhaps, about 1 mm
Colour : yellow
Calyx : do not know
Bracts : white, red / pink at base

Fruits
Type : do not know
Shape : do not know
Size : do not know
Seeds : do not know

Other Info

Fragrance : do not know
Pollinator : do not know
Uses : do not know

 

Regards.

[tanay bose]

I think Alternanthera sessilis , it may have this kind of flower colour

Tanay

--
Tanay Bose
Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036

[Prashant awale]

I too think this as Alternanthera sessilis.
regards
Prashant

[Dinesh Valke]

... was not expecting it to be Alternanthera sessilis !!!!
Now it does look like it - the colour of bracts is new to me.
Many thanks Prashant and Tanay.

Yet, will wait for confident resolution of ID.

Regards.

[Mayur Nandikar]

yes this one is nothing but Alternanthera sessilis

typical Alternanthera with three stamens and leaves more coraceous, not more than 2-3cm long

--
Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much, Mayur ji and all.
Regards.