About Yellow-flowered waterhyssop
Mecardonia procumbens (also known as yellow-flowered waterhyssop), common name baby jump-up, is an annual or perennial herb native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. It has become widely spread in warmer regions worldwide, and is now naturalised on all continents except Antarctica, in addition to most islands with suitable climates.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mecardonia procumbens
- Genus
- Mecardonia
- Family
- SCROPHULARIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded moist deciduous forests, grasslands and waste places. Garden weed
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Naturalized in Tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Marathi
- मकरदाना
Botanical family
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Yellow-flowered waterhyssop belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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