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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Bergia capensis - L.
Family
Elatinaceae
Common Name
Habit
Herb
Synonym
Elatine verticillata Wight & Arn.
Habitat
Moist places
Color Of Flower
Pink
Key Characters
Stem, glabrous; stamens 10
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Thalamiflorae
 
Order :
Guttiferales
Plant Description

Annual, semi aquatic, erect small, herb; stem decumbent, glabrous, rooting at nodes; leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic, apex acute, margins usually entire sometimes faintly crenate-serrate; stipules narrowly deltoid, toothed, acute; sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, obliquely acuminate, margins membranous; petals 5 ovate oblong; stamens 10, filaments free, anthers versatile; ovary globose, styles-5; capsule short, globose, ovoid, 5-valved, apiculate; seeds minute, cylindric, slightly curved, ribbed, transversely rugose.

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