Creeping Sebastiana
Sebastiania chamaelea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Jharkhand
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sebastiania chamaelea
- Genus
- Sebastiania
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Weed in cultivated fields and in deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated, Wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka to Australia, Pacific Islands, Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Jharkhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
- Margin
- Variable
Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Creeping Sebastiana
Creeping Sebastiana (Sebastiania chamaelea) is a herb belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family (Spurge/Euphorbia family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate/opposite simple/compound leaves, cyathium/raceme/spike flower clusters, capsule (regma) fruit. It is typically found in weed in cultivated fields and in deciduous forests. It occurs across India, Sri Lanka to Australia, Pacific Islands, Malesia. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Creeping Sebastiana belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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