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Stemodia viscosa Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2:33, t. 163. 1802 (“1798”) (syn: Stemodia arvensis Steud.; Stemodia coromandelina Heyne ex Wall.; Stemodia maritima Heyne ex Wall.; Stemodiacra viscosa (Roxb.) Kuntze);
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Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland),
India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; .
Sticky Blue Rod • Marathi: सातमोडी Satmodi, Nukachuni • Telugu: Bodasaramamu, Gunta Kaamin • Bengali: Nukachoni;
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Glandular-hairy herb; branchlets ascending. Leaves decussate or ternate, elliptic-oblong, to 3 x 1 cm, pubescent, base auriculate, margin serrate, apex acute; leaves of flowering shoots diminutive. Flowers axillary, to 3 per node, forming a leafy, terminal raceme; bracts and bracteoles present; pedicel to 1 cm. Calyx-lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, subequal, pilose. Corolla blue to violet, 6 x 4 mm; tube 1 cm; lobes 2+3, unequal, upper larger. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; filament pairs filiform, similar, 3.5 and 5 mm; anthers disjunct, unequal. Ovary imperfectly 4-celled; style dilated at base; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, 7 mm, septicidal and loculicidal; valves 2; seeds oblong. Flowering and fruiting: December-March
Marshy areas
Afghanistan, India and Sri Lanka
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Stemodia viscosa : Stemodia viscosa, I think Please confirm
Last weeek at my place an a moist disused paddy field Your Id is perfectly OK based on my opinion.
Stemodia viscosa, Family Scrophulariaceae
at my place in alibaug, couple of days ago
could not resist posting it again
several plants are flowering profusely in two colors, pale lilac and and a dark blue purple
Scrophulariaceae Fortnight, stemodia viscosa : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. stemodia viscosa, alibaug
Fwd: Image 02122013 2 for identification and confirmation : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. sending images of lindernia/torenia for identification and confirmation Perhaps Stemodia viscosa of Scrophulariaceae. Yes it is Stemodia viscosa
ID Request 251214SG : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please help identify this herb 9-10” height. Photo taken on Stemodia viscosa. Flowers also come in pale lavender and white.
Stemodiacra viscosa Kuntze 15Feb SN 07 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) Stemodiacra viscosa Kuntze, ascending herb from Warangal dt of Telengana
Stemodia viscosa—-for validation : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) I think it is Stemodia viscosa, but validation required. Photo taken at Ambyvalley Rd., Lonavala, Pune in Dec.16. I think matches with images under threads at Stemodia viscosa
Thanks … Yes it looks so.
Location. Black duck national Park
Velavadar Gujarat Date .2.11.2019 I’d please
Stemodia viscosa I thought … is correct, And it is Black Buck Sanctuary/National park. There is a single lane asphalt road traversing it open for all, for use of rural folk. Big tracts of long grasses interspersed with bushes of Prosopis juliflora. Small deers … Black Buck …can be seen foraging in groups of 15-20. I had a chance to traverse that area last December. its supposed to be strongly aromatic. was it? did you crush some leaves? seems you cut the plant and set it up on car leather or bike seat ? so did you smell the scent? Aromatic ? Never experienced !! Shall try tomorrow morning ! paper from sayajirao univ so it will smell like:
I quote: “Sticky Bluerod (Stemodia viscosa) contains terpenoids such as caryophyllene (pepper-like scent in rosemary), fenchol (found in basil) and limonene.” end quote
from https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/blog/plant-scent-whats-that-smell/
Pls help ID Herb AS-2011-Mar-4: This herb was found in outskirts of Chennai, small about 30 cm high, Flowering in February.
Because of the dentate leaf margin I thought it was some Strobilanthes, but all species seem much taller and also the flowers here are in a sparse spike – Your plant is Stemodia viscosa Roxb. of Scrophulariaceae. Did you collected the herb near any moist locality? Please see my earlier posting of the same plant collected near Chennai. – it is the same plant as in your post.
Collection was also similar locality, near paddy fileds, kanchipuram dstt Indeed a confusion with “Harebell” can be there because of the delicacy and colour of the petals, but the corolla is not symmetric all around and the leaves are very different.
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2 high resolution images.
Bhopal; black soil; 14/1/2021 Stemodia viscosa … is correct . References:
Catalogue of Life GRIN JSTOR (specimen) plant illustrations The Plant List Ver. 1.1 Flora of Peninsular India Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (Description) Flora of Eastern Karnataka, Volume 2 By N. P. Singh (Description) |
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