Lindernia ruellioides

Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell, Brittonia 2: 182 182 1936. (syn. Gratiola reptans Roxburgh; Gratiola reptans Roxburgh; Ilysanthes ruellioides (Colsm.) Kuntze;                    Bonnaya reptans (Roxb.) Spreng.);
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Duckbill Pimpernel • Assamese: Kausidarya;
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Creeping herbs with erect branches, lower nodes rooting. Leaves to 5 x 1.8 cm, elliptic-oblong, obtuse at apex, coarsely dentate-serrate; nerves 3-5 pairs; petiole 0.5-1 cm long. Raceme terminal. Flowers opposite; pedicels 1 cm long, slender, perpendicular to axis; sepals 6 mm long, lanceolate, basely connate, glabrous; corolla blue, 2-lipped, lobes round. Capsule 1.7 cm long, linear, acuminate; seeds trigonous, 0.5 mm long, rugose, brown.

Flowering and fruiting: July-September
Semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Tropical and Subtropical Asia
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Lindernia ruellioides is distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam). In India it is found in Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore), Kerala, Karnataka (Chikmagalur, Shimoga), Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Assam (Cook 1996).
Annual herb found mostly in rice fields, riversides, stream sides and swampy grasslands (Cook 1996).
(From  IUCN Red List (LC) )
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Images by Karuna Kanta Das, Identified by Surajit Koley & Vijayasankar Raman (Inserted by J.M.Garg)

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ID of herb from Assam KD 18 Nov : 8 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (6)

Attached images are herbaceous species. Please ID the plant  
Date :14.11.2014
Location: Assam
Family : ??
Genus & species : ??
Habitat: Grows wild on wet places
Habit : Herb
Flower: purple colour 

Must be some species of Lindernia (Scrophulariaceae).
Lindernia in efi.

Thank you very much Sir for ID (Up to Genus).

Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell, I think.

Check for Lindernia estaminodiosa

I agree with … ID – Lindernia ruellioides.

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Attached images may be Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell. Please validate.   
Date :06.11.2015
Location: Assam
Family :  Linderniaceae (Earlier in Scrophulariaceae)
Genus& species : Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell  ??
Habitat: Grows wild on wet places
Habit :  Herb 

I think seems to match with images at Lindernia ruellioides 

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Bonnaya ruellioides (Colsm.) Spreng. (accepted name) ??? : 5 posts by 2 authors. 9 correct images as above.
Location: Pilot Baba Ashram, Bhaktapur , Nepal
Altitude:  4500 ft.
Date: 11 September 2016
Bonnaya ruellioides (Colsm.) Spreng. (accepted name)  ???
Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell (synonym)

I think matches with images at Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell KD 03 Dec 15 from Assam & Lindernia ruellioides

Please ignore 4 pics CSC_0821.JPG, CSC_0822.JPG, CSC_0823.JPG and CSC_0824.JPG as they belong to other plant group.
Sorry for the inconvenience. catalogueoflife

Thanks, …  I was wondering about these.

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Flora of Arunachal Pradesh- Namdhapa near Miao- Herb 4 for Id- JM:
Wild at Namdhapa near Miao, Arunachal Pradesh in 3rd week of August’10.

Can this be a species of Lindernia (Scrophulariaceae)? may be L. ciliata

I think … is correct.

I think it matches with details as per links of Lindernia ciliata (Colsmann) Pennell (Fringed False Pimpernel • Manipuri: কিহোম মান Kihom Man) of Scrophulariaceae (Dog flower family)
flowersofindia (FOI),

It could be Lindernia antipoda. Flowers here are larger in size.

A few links for Lindernia antipoda:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/87453322@N00/4986176028/
I am unable to decide between the two right now.

I think the plant is Lindernia antipoda only.

In Lindernia ciliata, leaf blades are sessile or clasping, margins of blades are sharply & deeply serrate, the teeth spreading in to a setaceous tip, Corolla ca 5 mm long.
But in Lindernia antipoda, leaf blades are petioled, elliptic, sharpely serrate, but the teeth not setaceous tipped; Corolla ca 13-15mm long (After, Francis W Pennel, 1943. A second summary of the Scrophulariaceae in New Guinea, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 24(3): 250)
Your plant corroborates the characters of L. antipoda.
You may use the following link to download the paper..
biodiversitylibrary
flickr (for some images of L.ciliata)
This is not Lindernia ciliata, for sure as … pointed out, L. ciliata has sessile leaves and corolla is white with pink throat.
I think it is the same species that I had posted few days back at efi thread.
The leaves of L antipoda is elliptic obovate and is about 2.5cm. Here, if my assumption is correct, the leaves are more than 3cm long.
Further, the key in The flora of the Tamil Nadu Carnatic (page 1083) says that calyx margin serrulate in L antipoda
Calyx margin entire for Lindernia ruellioides
I think this is Lindernia ruellioides even the one that posted on August 2. (The flora of the Tamil Nadu Carnatic (1983), page 1092)

Lindernia antipoda

Further feedback as per another thread.
“This is not L. antipoda the leaves in L. antipoda is not so broader, flower is also slightly different.
Further the id in the given link is also not conclusive as the plant given in that thread and my thread (this thread) looks similar.

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Lindernia sp.:
I couldn’t confirm the id hence seeking help

Date/Time- 02-08-2011

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Neryamangalam, Ernakulam Dist Kerala

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Teak Plantation near Semi evergreen forest

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb

Height/Length- about 10-20cm

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Simple closely serrate

Inflorescence Type/ Size- Terminal racemes

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- Small, Blue (petals)

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Fruits long (longer than sepals)

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

Could this be Lindernia serrata of Scrophulariaceae family.

… probably this is not Lindernia serrata based on the leaf shape and attachment

Leaf shape, according to Gamble, is oblong.

Could this be Lindernia antipoda?? See an earlier post

My choice is also Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston

Sapporting Dr …

This is not L. antipoda the leaves in L. antipoda is not so broader, flower is also slightly different. Further the id in the given link is also not conclusive as the plant given in that thread and my thread (this thread) looks similar.

I think close to images at Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell

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Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell ?? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Location:  Suryavinayak, Bhktapur, Nepal
Date: 7 October 2017
Elevation : 4600 ft.

Yes, to me also appear close to images at Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell

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Bonnaya ruellioides (Colsm.) Spreng. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 500 kb each.
Location: Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur
Date: 26 July 2019
Elevation: 1508 m.
Habit : Wild 
Syn : Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell
Yes, it is
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138 ID wild plant Lindernia: 12 images.

Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
Altitude: 1400fsl
Flower date: 20.08.2021, 01.25pm
Habitat: wild moisture
Plant habit: creeping, branches, slender weak fleshy stem 2mm diameter, annual
Height: 10cm
Leaves: opposite, ovate, serrated margins, size:5×3cm or less
Flower: pyramidal racemose, diameter:10mm, violet, non fragrant
Fruit: capsule, green into brown, size:6×1mm
Seed:
Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s

Bonnaya ruellioides (Colsm.) Spreng.  Syn: Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell  !

Yes, it is dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,

 

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References:

The Plant List  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flora of China  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  IUCN Red List (LC) (with Bonnaya reptans (Roxburgh) Sprengel & Ilysanthes ruellioides (Colsmann) Kuntze as synonyms)

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