Rushlike Dopatrium
Dopatrium junceum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- July-March
How to identify Rushlike Dopatrium
Identify Rushlike Dopatrium by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Thin rush-like leafless stems.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Rushlike Dopatrium.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dopatrium junceum
- Genus
- Dopatrium
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy places, near ponds, rice fields and riverbeds
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- Eastern tropics
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rushlike Dopatrium itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- दोपत्री
About Rushlike Dopatrium
Rushlike Dopatrium (Dopatrium junceum) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 8 other states. It grows in marshy places, near ponds, rice fields and riverbeds. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Rushlike Dopatrium belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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