Ammannia baccifera L.
Common Name : Blistering ammannia
Family : Lythraceae

HABIT |
AN ERECT ANNUAL HERB. |
STEMS |
10-50 CM TALL, SOME WHAT 4-ANGLED, SLENDER, SMOOTH AND MORE OR LESS PURPLISH. |
LEAVES |
THE LEAVES ARE OBLONG, OBLANCEOLATE, OR NARROWLY ELLIPTIC, ABOUT 3.5 CENTIMETERS LONG; THOSE ON THE BRANCHES ARE VERY NUMEROUS, SMALL, AND 1 TO 1.5 CENTIMETERS LONG WITH NARROWED BASE AND POINTED OR SOMEWHAT ROUNDED TIP. |
FLOWERS |
THE FLOWERS ARE SMALL, ABOUT 1.2 MM LONG, GREENISH OR PURPLISH, AND BORNE IN DENSE AXILLARY CLUSTERS. |
FRUITS |
THE CAPSULES ARE NEARLY SPHERICAL, DEPRESSED, ABOUT 1.2 MM IN DIAMETER, PURPLE, AND IRREGULARLY CIRCUMSSCISS ABOVE THE MIDDLE. |
SEEDS |
THE SEEDS ARE BLACK. |