Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small.

Common Name : Baby jump-up
Family : Scrophulariaceae

HABIT

ANNUAL HERB.

STEMS

4-ANGLED, SIMPLE OR BRANCHING FROM THE BASE, DECUMBENT TO ASCENDING TO PROSTRATE AND CREEPING, GLABROUS.

LEAVES

SESSILE TO SOMEWHAT AMPLEXICAUL, OVATE, 5-20 MM LONG, 3-10 MM WIDE, BASE TAPERING, OBTUSE TO ROUNDED AT THE APEX, MARGINS CRENATE, GLABROUS.

FLOWERS

SOLITARY; YELLOW.

FRUITS

CAPSULE OVOID, 4-6 MM LONG, BROWN, GLABROUS, INCLUDED IN THE CALYX.

SEEDS

ELLIPSOID, 0.3 MM LONG, RETICULATE.