Caryophyllaceae Week: :Stellaria media from Mizoram -PKA15

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Prashant Awale

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Dec 8, 2012, 3:11:07 AM12/8/12
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Dear Friends,

Bot. name: Stellaria media

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Date/Time: 8th Nov./ 10:00AM
Location: near a river bed at the outskirts of Aizawl, Mizoram
Habitat: Wild
Plant habit: Herb
Height: Approx. 15 to 20cm.
leaves opposite, smooth, short petiole
Flowers tiny, hardly 5 to 6mm, white, petals 5 nos ("V" shaped), sepals longer than petals.

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Prashant


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Nidhan Singh

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Dec 8, 2012, 7:46:01 AM12/8/12
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Pictures very beautiful Prashant Ji but to me they look different and not Stellaria media...perhaps a Drymaria species..
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Dr. Nidhan Singh
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Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 8, 2012, 6:19:53 PM12/8/12
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Yes that is what I was also to say. Please focus the leaf base to see presence or absence of stipules. Looks Drymaria cordata.

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 Pictures very beautiful Prashant Ji but to me they look different and not Stellaria media...perhaps a Drymaria species..
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Regards,
Dr. Nidhan Singh

 Yes that is what I was also to say. Please focus the leaf base to see presence or absence of stipules. Looks Drymaria cordata.

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Ushadi Micromini

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Dec 20, 2012, 1:13:03 AM12/20/12
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I agree with both Dr. Singhs.... . I do not know the real diagnosis... Gurcharanji has said it above.

But its not chickweed as I know it...the leaves are too big compared to the flowers.... and the shape is different too..

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Dec 27, 2012, 12:45:07 AM12/27/12
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Some earlier relevant feedback:

Pictures very beautiful Prashant Ji but to me they look different and not Stellaria media...perhaps a Drymaria species..

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Regards,
Dr. Nidhan Singh

Yes that is what I was also to say. Please focus the leaf base to see presence or absence of stipules. Looks Drymaria cordata.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh


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