✿Plantaginaceae · Microcarpaea
Chickweed Sparrow
Microcarpaea minima
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Flowering
- August-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Microcarpaea minima
- Genus
- Microcarpaea
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Damp places
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Japan, Myanmar, Malesia, Australia, Bangladesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chickweed Sparrow itself; the rest are typical of the Plantaginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Chickweed Sparrow
Chickweed Sparrow (Microcarpaea minima) is a herb in the Plantaginaceae family. It is native to Tropical Asia, Australia. It grows in damp places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Botanical family
Plantaginaceae
Plantain family
Chickweed Sparrow belongs to the Plantaginaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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