Polycarpaea spicata
Wight & Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 91. 1839; Edgew. &
Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. India 1: 246. 1874.
Herbs, annual, glabrous, 5 -
12 cm high; branches erect, filiform. Leaves petiolate,
obovate-spathulate, 6 - 12 mm long, fleshy, nerveless; radical leaves in rosettes; stipules
lacerate, scarious. Cymes densely fasciculate or subumbellate, long-pedunculate.
Flowers subspicate, crowded, ca 4 mm across, bracteate. Sepals ovate-elliptic to ovate-
lanceolate, subacute at apex, 1.2 -
1.6 mm long, searious with a deep brown midnerve.
Petals oblong, obtuse, small, included. Capsules shorter than sepals; seeds shiny.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Coastal areas. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
Pakistan, W. Asia and Australia.
Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Coastal areas. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
Pakistan, W. Asia and Australia.