Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

หญ้าเกล็ดปลา Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene (syn. Lippia nodiflora (L.) A. Rich.) VERBENACEAE or LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE) 3, 4

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Descriptions :
Herb Creeping herb, prostate, rooting at nodes; stem with medifixed hairs; leaves opposite, elliptic or obovate, fleshy, distal half dentate; base attenuate; both leaf surfaces with medifixed hairs; inflorescence axillary, a dense spike on an erect peduncle; spike ± oblong, slightly narrower distally than at base; many flowers crowded together, each subtended by a green and purple bract, with hairs on outer surface; flower sessile; calyx of 2 sepals connate basally, each folded laterally, navicular, hairy outside; corolla light violet, at least distally, united into a tube, with 4 lobes, upper lobe itself bilobed; stamens 4, didynamous, adnate to inside of corolla tube; ovary with 2 locules; ovules 1 per locule; style tapering cylindrical; stigma capitate; fruit with 2 cocci, each with 1 seed.