About Creeping Dentella
Dentella repens, the creeping dentella, is a slender, prostrate herb that grows in low-lying areas, riverbanks, and clayey soils up to 350 m elevation. It has dichotomous branches that root at the nodes, opposite subsessile leaves, and interpetiolar stipules. The small white funnel-shaped flowers are solitary, axillary, and often borne in V-shaped forks of branches, with a hairy calyx and a two-celled ovary. Flowering and fruiting occur throughout the year, and the species is assessed as Least Concern (LC).
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dentella repens
- Genus
- Dentella
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- In low-lying areas, river banks and drying bed of tanks in clayey soil
- Native to
- South and Southeast Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Northern Australia, Polynesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Creeping Dentella belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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