Pashanabhed / Aquatic Rotula
Rotula aquatica
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- October-June
How to identify Pashanabhed
Identify Pashanabhed by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Grows rooted among rocks in streambeds.
- Confirm leaf shape: Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pashanabhed.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rotula aquatica
- Genus
- Rotula
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Rocky riverbeds
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Africa, Brazil
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pashanabhed itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pashanabhed itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पाषाणभेद pashanabhed
- Tamil
- செப்புநெரிஞ்சி ceppunerinji
- Telugu
- పాషాణభేది pashanabhedi
- Kannada
- ಪಾಷಾಣಭೇದ paashaanabheda
- Malayalam
- kallurvanci, കല്ലൂർവഞ്ചി
- Marathi
- मचिम machim
About Pashanabhed
Aquatic Rotula (Rotula aquatica) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in rocky riverbeds. Flowering and fruiting run from October to June.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Pashanabhed belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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