Anagallis pumila Sw. - Florida pimpernel
MH142 : Anagallis pumila Sw.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 285 |
| Synonym | : | Anagallis alba Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.; Anagallis nana Schinz; Anagallis ovalis Ruiz & Pav.; Anagallis pedunculata Salzm. ex Duby [Invalid]; Anagallis pumila var. compacta A.St.-Hil. & Girard; Anagallis pumila var. distans A.St.-Hil. & Girard; Anagallis pumila var. elongata A.St.-Hil. & Girard; Anagallis pumila var. linum-stellatum A.St.-Hil. & Girard; Anagallis pumila var. longipedunculata (Chodat & Hassl.) R.Knuth; Anagallis pumila var. ovalis (Ruiz & Pav.) R.Knuth; Centunculus indicus Royle; Centunculus pentandrus R.Br.; Centunculus pentandrus var. compactus (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.; Centunculus pentandrus var. distans (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.; Centunculus pentandrus var. elongatus (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.; Centunculus pentandrus var. linum-stellatum (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.; Centunculus pentandrus f. longipedunculatus Chodat & Hassl.; Centunculus pentandrus var. stellatus (A.St.-Hil.) Chodat & Hassl.; Centunculus pumilus (Sw.) Kuntze; Centunculus pumilus var. ovalis (Ruíz & Pav.) Kuntze; Centunculus pumilus var. pentandrus (R.Br.) Kuntze; Centunculus tenellus Duby; Centunculus varians Baudo; Micropyxis elongata Duby; Micropyxis pumila (Sw.) Duby; Micropyxis pumila var. ovalis (Ruiz & Pav.) Duby; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Primulaceae |
| Description | : | Glabrous herbs, to 7 cm high. Leaves alternate, opposite below, to 8 x 4 mm, obovate, acute, shortly petiolate. Flowers small, white, solitary, axillary; pedicel 8 mm long, slender; calyx lobes 5, free, 1.5 mm long; corolla 3 mm across, campanulate, lobes 5, obovate, 3 mm long; stamens 5, free; ovary 1-celled; ovules many, on free central placenta; style short, stigma hairy. Capsule 3 mm across, many-seeded. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In open grasslands at higher elevations |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246578 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Primulales |
| Family | : Primulaceae - Primrose Family |
| Genus | : Anagallis L. - pimpernel |
| Species | : Anagallis pumila Sw. - Florida pimpernel |