Small prickly chaff-flower plant
Cyathula prostrata
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About Small prickly chaff-flower plant
Cyathula prostrata, the prostrate pastureweed, is a perennial, prostrate, herbaceous plant distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical world.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyathula prostrata
- Genus
- Cyathula
- Family
- AMARANTHACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- लाल चिरचिटा lal chirchita
- Kannada
- ನೆಲ ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ nela uttharaani, ರಕ್ತಪಮರ್ಗ raktapamarga
- Malayalam
- ചെറുകടലാടി cerukadalaadi, ചെറുകടലാടി
- Marathi
- भुईअघाडा bhuiaghaada
Botanical family
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Small prickly chaff-flower plant belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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