Rubiaceae Week: Oldenlandia corymbosa from Delhi

[Gurcharan Singh]

Oldenlandia corymbosa L., Sp. Pl. 119. 1753 

syn:  Hedyotis corymbosa (L.) Lamk. 

Small annual herb, mostly procumbent, profusely branched, barely growing 10 cm high; leaves linear-lanceolate, 10-40 mm long, minutely hairy, margin often recurved; stipules small membranous; flowers white or tinged purplish, barely 1.5-2 mm across, solitary on long stalk or 2-4 in a cyme; pedicel 4-6 mm long, elongated in fruit; calyx teeth 1 mm long; tube less than 1 mm long, lobes 1 mm long; capsule globose, 2 mm long.

Photographed from Vikas Puri, Delhi

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Balkar Singh]

Good Shots Sir

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Prashant Awale]

Another new one for me. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for posting.
Regards
Prashant