| Thread-Stem Carpetweed |
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| Original date | 7/23/19 7:49 AM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
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| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
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Botanical name: Hypertelis cerviana Family: Molluginaceae (Carpetweed family)
Synonyms: Mollugo cerviana, Pharnaceum cerviana, Pharnaceum glabrum
Synonyms: Mollugo cerviana, Pharnaceum cerviana, Pharnaceum glabrum
Thread-Stem Carpetweed is a spreading, often overlooked,
annual herb, mostly less than 10 cm tall. Leaves are up to 11 per node, linear,
0.6-2.0 cm long, about 1 mm broad; stipules falling off. Flower-stalks
are up to 1.4 mm long, slender, hairless. Bracts linear, about 1 mm
long. Tepals are free, up to 2 mm long in fruit, slightly inflexed,
greenish with a membranous margin, elliptic-oblong. Stamens are 5,
alternating with the tepals; filaments dilated at the base, slightly
longer than the sepals. Capsules are spherical, seeds numerous,
angular, with a single low ridge on the keel. Thread-Stem Carpetweed is
native to Europe, Asia-Tropical, Africa, Southern America, Northern
America and Asia-Temperate.
Flowering: June-July.
Medicinal uses:
Thread-Stem Carpetweed is said
to have medicinal properties. The plant is cooked as a vegetable and
gives as a remedy for fever. Leaves are chewed to treat cough,
constipation, and reduce hangover.
Medicinal uses:
Thread-Stem Carpetweed is said
to have medicinal properties. The plant is cooked as a vegetable and
gives as a remedy for fever. Leaves are chewed to treat cough,
constipation, and reduce hangover. | Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Palladam, Tamil Nadu. |
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