Lindernia ciliata

• Botanical Name : Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.) Pennell
• Synonyms : Bonnaya brachiata Link & Otto, Gratiola ciliata Colsm.
• Common Name : Fringed False Pimpernel
• Plant Family : Scrophulariaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 17

About Lindernia ciliata Plant :

• Habit : A very small, much branched, herb.
• Leaves : Opposite, sessile, oblong, obtuse, spinous, serrate.
• Inflorescence : Terminal racemes.
• Flowers :
  • Bracteate, bracts linear.
  • Calyx deeply 5-partite.
  • Corolla light purple or white, bilipped.
  • Lower lip almost as long as upper lip, often unequally 3-lobed, middle lobe larger than other lobes; upper lip ovate; lobe apices rounded.
  • Stamens 2 upper only perfect, the 2 lower staminodes.
  • Ovary 2-celled ovules many, style simple, stigma bilipped.
• Fruit : Capsule cylindric, many seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : September-November