Aerva lanata (L.) Juss.ex Schult.

Common Name : Mountain knot-grass
Family : Amaranthaceae

HABIT

A SEMI ERECT, MANY BRANCHED, UNDER SHRUB. 

STEMS

GROWS UP TO 50 CM IN HEIGHT WITH WOOLLY BRANCHES ARISING FROM A WOODY BASE. 

LEAVES

SIMPLE, ALTERNATE, SHORT PETIOLED, TOMENTOSE, AND BECOME SMALLER IN THE FLOWERING TWIGS; FINELY PUBESCENT ABOVE, WHITE WOOLLY BENEATH. 

FLOWERS

MINUTE, SESSILE, GREENISH OR CREAMY-WHITE, BORNE IN AXILLARY SPIKES, USUALLY 3-4 TOGETHER. 

FRUITS

UTRICLE GREENISH, ROUND OR OV0ID, ACUTE, COMPRESSED.

SEEDS

KIDNEY SHAPED, SMALL AND BLACK.