Bergia ammannioides Hayne ex Roth.

Common Name : Jerry water-fire
Family : Elatinaceae

HABIT

ANNUAL, 8-35 CM TALL, ERECT OR SOMEWHAT DECUMBENT, BRANCHED HERB OF MOIST PLACES.

STEMS

STEM AND BRANCHES MOSTLY PINKISH, GLANDULAR PUBESCENT, RARELY SUB-GLABROUS.

LEAVES

OPPOSITE, SUBSESSILE OR SHORTLY PETIOLATE, OBLONG-OBOVATE, ELLIPTIC OBLONG, LANCEOLATE OR OBLANCEOLATE, 4-25 MM LONG, 2-15 MM BROAD, APEX ACUTE, MARGIN MINUTELY AND DISTINCTLY SERRATE, GLANDULAR PUBESCENT OR ALMOST GLABROUS

FLOWERS

INFLORESCENCE DENSE OR LOOSE AXILLARY FASCICULATE CYME OF 6-12 OR MORE FLOWERS. FLOWERS REDDISH.

FRUITS

CAPSULE REDDISH, OVOID OR SUBGLOBOSE, MARGINS OF THE VALVES INCURVED.

SEEDS

SEEDS MINUTE, WITH ROUNDED ENDS, DARK BROWN, SHINING, SOMEWHAT RETICULATE.