Herb from high altitude for id 140311MK2

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Muthu Karthick

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Mar 14, 2011, 1:44:35 AM3/14/11
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Dear all,
Please help to id this small herb found on rock crevices on high altitudes. 

Location: Ooty town, Nilgiris, TN
Altitude: c. 2100 ASL
Date: 24 Jan 2011

Plant height: c. 10 cm long
Leaf c. 0.5cm across (more or less cordate shaped)
Flower c. 0.3 cm across

I have also seen this herb at Silver falls of Kodaikanal, TN.

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manudev madhavan

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Mar 14, 2011, 2:28:44 AM3/14/11
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Could this be Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult. (Caryophyllaceae.)???
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Muthu Karthick

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Mar 14, 2011, 3:44:15 AM3/14/11
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Is this a weed of Tea plantation and paddy fields?
Yes Manudevji, the genera is Drymaria sp. of Caryophyllaceae.

Muthu Karthick

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Mar 14, 2011, 3:53:10 AM3/14/11
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Dear all,
Could this be Drymaria villosa Chamisso & Schlechtendal, Linnaea. 5: 232. 1830.? as per http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242000524

Because the leaves are almost hirsute here (my plant).

tanay bose

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Mar 14, 2011, 9:50:11 AM3/14/11
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Drymaria villosa !!
Tanay
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