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 (Corolla pink as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules not connate in Spergula is more satisfactory in separating the genera as they occur in Pakistan) Spergula arvensis L. (Corolla white as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules not […]

Spergula arvensis L. (Corolla white as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules not connate in Spergula is more satisfactory in separating the genera as they occur in Pakistan.)   Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl (Corolla pink as per BSI Flora of India) (As per efi thread: The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules […]

Silene armeria L. (Cultivated) Silene baccifera (L.) Roth Silene bungei Bocquet (Central Asia to Siberia and W. Himalaya: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang as per POWO)    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), […]

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 glomeratum Thuill. Cerastium holosteoides Fr. (Temp. & Subarctic Eurasia to New Guinea (Mt. Kaindi) including West Himalaya as per POWO)    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 […]