• Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PLANTAGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
• Common name : Rushlike Dopatrium
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy places, near ponds, rice fields and riverbeds
• Comments / notes : On hills from 1400m. Locally abundant in perennially moist places, especially by banks of post monsoon puddles.
• Flower, Fruit : July-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Chittoor district, CGP, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tiruchirapalli district
• Native : Tropical Asia, Australia
• World Distribution : Eastern tropics
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dopatrium junceum. Downloaded on 4 May 2024.

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