Common name: Rushlike dopartrium. Rushlike Dopartrium is a small semiaquatic herb which grows to around 10-15 cm in height. It can survive in semi-submerged conditions. Locally found in abandoned paddy fields and such marshy areas. The plant looks delicate, succulent, glabrous. The plant is upright with few branching below. The leaf size decreases towards the … Read More “Dopartrium junceum- Scropholariaceae (Plantain family)” »
Common name: Mountain knot grass. Tamil name: Ciru-pulvai, Ulinai. Moutain knot grass is a woody herb/sub-shrub abundantly seen in dry fallow lands and road-sides of Tamilnadu. It is a strongly rooted plant with spreading tendency but can go upright to around 2 feet in height. The plant is covered with soft wooly white hairs which … Read More “Ouret lanata – Amaranthaceae- (Amaranth family)” »
Common name: Showy spider flower Showy spider flower is native to tropical America, probably introduced into India as an ornamental plant. It is an annual that grows to around 3 feet in height. The plant grows upright with little branching. The flowers are attractive and come various shades of pink/ or white. The leafs are … Read More “Cleome speciosa – Cleomaceae (Spider flower family)” »
Common name: Common wire weed. Tamil Name: Arivalmvkkan, Ariva Mooku Keerai Common wire weed is a small shrub that grows to around 1.5 feet in height. It is abundantly found around fallow-lands, road sides and forest edges around western ghats area. Not common in higher elevations. It is a mucilaginous undershrub with linear-lanceolate serrated leafs … Read More “Sida acuta- Malvaceae (Mallow family)” »
Common name: Indian Sauvage Indian sauvage is a perennial plant found on road-sides and fallow lands and the plant prefers dry climatic conditions. Generally seen growing along the ground forming mats: sometimes the plant is seen growing erect and reaches a height of about 10 cm. The leafs are double pinnate arranged in an alternate … Read More “Tephrosia pumila – Fabaceae (Pea family)” »
