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. |