Mudmat
Glossostigma diandrum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Mudmat
Identify Mudmat 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: Tiny creeping aquarium-type herb.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mudmat.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Glossostigma diandrum
- Genus
- Glossostigma
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- India, Bangladesh, Australia, Cameroon
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa, Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-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
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mudmat itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Mudmat
Mudmat (Glossostigma diandrum) is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in moist places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Mudmat belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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