A ground flower one can easily miss in the monsoon foliage

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Kiran Srivastava

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Sep 3, 2008, 10:26:22 PM9/3/08
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These very, very tiny blue-white flowers were photographed in the CEC campus, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. Growing by the side of the road they were almost crushed by the wheels of a bus that brought butterfly enthusiasts for Isaac Kehimkar’s programme last Sunday.

 

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Kiran Srivastava

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manya

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Sep 4, 2008, 12:24:22 AM9/4/08
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Dear Mr. Srivastava - Which is this plant? Is it a caterpillar food
plant?

Thanks

Mani
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Tabish

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Sep 5, 2008, 4:59:09 AM9/5/08
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Looks like Brittle False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea). More info
here
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Brittle%20False%20Pimpernel.html
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