Rosy Rotala is an annual herb living on land or partly
in water, 8-30 cm. Stems are ascending or erect, mostly unbranched.
Opposite leaf-pairs are arranged at right angles alternately. Leaves
are linear-lanceshaped to lanceshaped-oblong, 7-30 × 3-5 mm, base blunt
to wedge-shaped, tip blunt. Bracts are similar to leaves, longer than
flowers. Flowers are 5-parted, solitary, stalkless, in leaf axils on
main stem and branches. Bracteoles are linear, slightly shorter than
flower tube. Flower-tube is bell-shaped, 1-1.5 mm. Sepals are 5, very
short, 0.25 mm, with long-pointed tip. False sepals are as long as
sepals. Petals are absent or up to 5, 0.25 mm, not persistent. Stamens
are 5, anthers reaching margin of flower tube. Ovary is round. Capsules
are round, 2 mm in diameter. Rosy Rotala is native to India, China and
SE Asia. Flowering: August-February.
Identification credit: Dimple Bhati
Photographed in Imphal, Manipur.
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