Wahlenbergia erecta (Roth ex Schult.) Tuyn, Fl. Males. 6: 113 (1960) (syn: Cephalostigma erectum (Roth ex Schult.) Vatke ; Cephalostigma perotifolium (Willd.) Hutch. & Dalziel ; Cephalostigma schimperi Hochst. ex A.Rich. ; Dentella erecta Roth ex Schult. ; Lightfootia arenaria A.DC. ; Lightfootia perotifolia (Willd.) E.Wimm. ex Agnew ; Wahlenbergia perotifolia (Willd.) Wight & Arn. ; Wahlenbergia schimperi (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch. ; Dentella perotifolia Willd. );
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Nigeria, Eritrea to S. Tropical Africa, India to Bangladesh, Sumatera: Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Common name: Erect Dentella
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724 ID wild plant: 14 images.
Please ID wild plant,
Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 1700fsl
Flower date: 15NOV2025, 05.25pm
Habitat: wild moisture rocky sloppy windy misty hilly grassland
Plant habit: micro erect branched herb, weak angular hairy stem 02mm base diameter, annual
Height: 15cm
Leaves: alternate petiole less elliptic acute flexible smooth thick; glandular serrated margins, size upto: 02.5×1cm
Flower: terminal and axillary bud, whitish, lite strange smelling, diameter:04mm
Fruit:
Seed:
Thank you very much dear Dr. Anoop. P. Balan.
Dr. Balan identified it is Wahlenbergia erecta.
Yes, appears close as per images at
https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Erect%20Dentella.html
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraKarnataka/herbsheet.php?id=969&cat=1
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157600
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145730-1
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References:
POWO Flora of Zambia Flora of Eastern Ghats Flowers of India