Field Milkwort is a herb with prostrate, erect or rising stems, 4-55 mm
long. Leaves are obovate, elliptic, inverted lance-shaped or circular,
1.5-3.5 x 0.6-1 cm. Flowers are borne in 1 cm long racemes, smaller than
the leaves, about 4-8-flowered. Flowers are tiny, yellow. Outer sepals are
ovate. Petals are yellow, laterals broadly obovate, keels equal to
laterals, hooked. Capsule is ovoid, up to 4 mm. Field Milkwort is commonly
found in a variety of habitats in peninsular India.
Flowering: July-September.