Fagonia indica
Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 102. t. 34. f. 1. 1768. F. cretica auct. non L. 1753:
T. Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 1: 164. 1901, p.p. F. arabica auct. non L. 1753: Edgew. &
Hook.f. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 425. 1874, p.p. F. mysorensis Roth, Nov. Sp. Pl. Ind.
Or. 215. 1821. F. persica DC., Prodr. 1: 704. 1824. F. parviflora Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient.
Nov. ser. 1. 8: 124. 1849.
Punj.: Dama; Dhamarh, Samaba; Raj.: Dhamasa; Tel.: Chittigara, Hinuna, Ustarkhar.
Shrublets, annual or perennial, up to 60 cm high. Profusely branched, cylindric, striate, pale green, glandular; internodes 2 - 5 cm long. Leaves unifoliolate, sometimes a few basal trifoliolate; petioles 2 - 8 mm long; leaflets distinctly articulate at base, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, 8 - 16 x 3 - 4 mm; stipular spines equal or shorter than leaves, occasionally reduced. Flowers ca 12 mm across, pinkish-purple; pedicels 4 - 6 mm long. Sepals persistent, ovate, ca 3.5 x 1.5 mm, glandular outside. Petals spathulate, obtuse, ca 6 x 3 mm. Stamens ca 6 mm long. Capsules ca 4 x 4 mm, softly hairy, pedicels reflexed, equal to length of fruits.
Fl. & Fr. Almost throughout year.
Distrib. India: Occasionally found in gravelley to clayey sandy soils; Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Arabia, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Libya.
Shrublets, annual or perennial, up to 60 cm high. Profusely branched, cylindric, striate, pale green, glandular; internodes 2 - 5 cm long. Leaves unifoliolate, sometimes a few basal trifoliolate; petioles 2 - 8 mm long; leaflets distinctly articulate at base, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, 8 - 16 x 3 - 4 mm; stipular spines equal or shorter than leaves, occasionally reduced. Flowers ca 12 mm across, pinkish-purple; pedicels 4 - 6 mm long. Sepals persistent, ovate, ca 3.5 x 1.5 mm, glandular outside. Petals spathulate, obtuse, ca 6 x 3 mm. Stamens ca 6 mm long. Capsules ca 4 x 4 mm, softly hairy, pedicels reflexed, equal to length of fruits.
Fl. & Fr. Almost throughout year.
Distrib. India: Occasionally found in gravelley to clayey sandy soils; Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Arabia, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Libya.
