Category: Caryophyllaceae

Lepyrodiclis holosteoides (C. A. Meyer) Fenzl ex Fisher & C. A. Meyer   Lepyrodiclis tenera Boiss.  

Telephium sphaerospermum Boiss. (Oman)  

  Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst.   Sagina saginoides ?     Sagina species in India: Sagina apetala Ard. S. japonica (Sw.) Ohwi S. procumbens L. S. purii R.D.Gaur S. saginoides (L.) H.Karst.  References: Majumdar, N.C. 1993. Caryophyllaceae. In; Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P. and Sanjappa, M. (Eds.) Flora of India Vol-2, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, […]

Minuartia kashmirica (Edgew. & Hook. f.) Mattf.    

Pseudostellaria himalaica (Franch.) Pax   

Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert  

  Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.               Drymaria villosa Cham. & Schltdl.     From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :   Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schultes subsp. diandra (Blume) Duke Diffuse Herb Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Tea Plantation Weed, […]

Thylacospermum caespitosum (Cambess.) Schischk.       Thylacospermum species in India: 1. Thylacospermum caespitosum (Cambess.) Schischk. (Jammu & Kashmir, Hiimachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) 2. Thylacospermu rupifragrum (Kar. & Kir.) Schrenk. (Karakoram area of Jammu & Kashmir) Reference: Pusalkar, P.K. 2015. Redefining Thylacospermum and a new tribe Thylacospermeae (Caryophyllaceae). J. Jap. Bot. 90(5): 351-355. (

Stellaria alsine Grimm Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. Stellaria decumbens Edgew. Stellaria graminea L. Stellaria himalayensis Majumdar  Stellaria media (L.) Vill. Stellaria monosperma Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don Images by Ashwini Bhatia (Id by D S Rawat), Nidhan Singh (validation by D S Rawat), Prashant Awale (Id by D S Rawat) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, […]

Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl      

Spergula arvensis L.  

Silene armeria L. (Cultivated) Silene baccifera (L.) Roth Silene caespitella F.N. Williams Silene cashmeriana (Royle) Majumdar  Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr. (Cultivated) Silene conoidea L. Images by Chitra Shanker (Id by D S Rawat), Nidhan Singh & Prashant Awale (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)   […]

Saponaria officinalis L.          

Polycarpon prostratum (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.   

  Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam.       Polycarpaea spicata Wight & Arn.      

Gypsophila cerastoides D.Don                     Gypsophila elegans M.Bieb.     Gypsophila hybrids- Mahe, Pondicherry    

Dianthus angulatus Royle (Images by (Suresh Rana – Id by Ritesh Choudhary) & (Alok Mahendroo – validation by Gurcharan Singh))  Dianthus barbatus L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh, (Mani Nair – Id by Gurcharan Singh) & Ankush Prakash)          Dianthus caryophyllus L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh)  Dianthus chinensis L. (Images by Bhagyashri Ranade(1,2,3) & Gurcharan Singh(4), (inserted […]

Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton Cerastium davuricum Fisch. ex Spreng. Cerastium fontanum Baumg. Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet  Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. Cerastium tomentosum L.    

Arenaria bhutanica Majumdar & Babu Arenaria bryophylla Fernald Arenaria curvifolia Majumdar  Arenaria festucoides Benth. Arenaria glanduligera Edgew.  Arenaria orbiculata Royle ex Edgew. & Hook.f.  Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Arenaria serpyllifolia var. neelgherrensis (Wight & Arn.) R. Kr. Singh & Diwakar (W-Tibet, Afghanistan (Baghlan, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Paktia / Khost), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Jammu), India […]