Hygrophila serpyllum (Nees) T.Anderson

hy-GRO-fill-uh -- Greek: hugros (moist), philo (love), refers to affinity for moist soil ... Dave's Botanary
ser-PIE-lum -- a name for thyme ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: marsh carpet • Gujarati: સરપટ sarpat • Hindi: सरपत sarpat • Marathi: रान तेवण ran tewan


botanical names: Hygrophila serpyllum (Nees) T.Anderson ... homotypic synonyms: Physichilus serpyllum Nees ... heterotypic synonyms: Adenosma polysperma Spreng. • Ruellia polysperma B.Heyne ex Roth ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

marsh carpet

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

સરપટ sarpat

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
• or સરપત sarpat ... ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

सरपत sarpat

• Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac David Kehimkar - an illustrated field guide to the indigenous flora of the Indian plains and peninsula

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

रान तेवण ran tewan

• Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Botanical Survey of India
• EPTRI-ENVIS Newsletter: Eastern Ghats Volume 24, Issue 2, April - June, 2018
• Swamy, Jetti & P. S, Annamma. (2017). NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORD OF ENDEMIC SPECIES HYGROPHILA SERPYLLUM (ACANTHACEAE) FROM KAWAL TIGER RESERVE, TELANGANA, INDIA. JETB. 40. 174-176.

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Acanthaceae endemic annual herb Adenosma Hygrophila Physichilus Ruellia "Hygrophila serpyllum" "Physichilus serpyllum" "Adenosma polysperma" "Ruellia polysperma" "marsh carpet"