Dense-Flowered Rotala
Rotala densiflora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- July-January
How to identify Dense-Flowered Rotala
Identify Dense-Flowered Rotala 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.
- Confirm leaf shape: Narrow linear.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lythraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dense-Flowered Rotala.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rotala densiflora
- Genus
- Rotala
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Along river banks and marshy fields
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Borneo, N.Italy, Pakistan, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Narrow linearrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dense-Flowered Rotala itself; the rest are typical of the Lythraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Lythraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Dense-Flowered Rotala
A member of the Lythraceae family, Dense-Flowered Rotala (Rotala densiflora) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 7 other states. It grows in along river banks and marshy fields. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Lythraceae
Loosestrife/Henna family
Dense-Flowered Rotala belongs to the Lythraceae family.
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