Oldenlandia affinis

Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC., Prodr. 4: 428 1830. (Syn: Hedyotis affinis Roem. & Schult.; Hedyotis dichotoma K.D.Koenig ex Roth [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia affinis subsp. affinis ; Oldenlandia dichotoma (K.D.Koenig ex Roth) Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia linearifolia Wight & Arn.; Oldenlandia prostrata Pires de Lima [Illegitimate]);

Trop. & S. Africa to Pen. Malaysia as per WCSP;

Angola; Assam; Benin; Botswana; Burkina; Burundi; Cabinda; Cameroon; Central
African Repu; Comoros; Congo; Gabon; Ghana; India; Ivory Coast; Kenya;
KwaZulu-Natal; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaya; Mozambique; Myanmar;
Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Vietnam;
Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe as per Catalogue of Life;

 

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Erect herbs, branches filiform, glabrous. Leaves to 25 x 1 mm, linear, entire, sessile; stipule ovate, entire or 2-3 toothed. Flowers 2 mm long, in terminal dichotomous cymes; pedicel and peduncles filiform, 1.5-2 cm long; calyx 1 mm long, lobes acute, scabrid; corolla white, tube villous inside. Capsule 2 x 1.5 mm, obovoid, truncate at apex.

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

from India Biodiversity Portal)

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Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC. SN Oct 33 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3).

Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC,

tiny herb near the shade caves of hills, Krishnagiri dt, Tamilnadu

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this looks like Hedyotis sp.; H.herbacea or H.diffusa. Pls check if the size and leaves match with your plant.
BTW are these two separate species ? ThePlantlist lists them as separately accepted. Appreciate any info on this

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Pl. find the close up view of leaf photo.

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Appears close to Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.

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References:

Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1
 WCSP  GBIF (high resolution specimens) India Biodiversity Portal JSTOR  Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004- Details)  Flowers of India  Useful tropical Plants  Flora of Zimbabwe  iNaturalist  Wikimedia Commons