monarch redstem
Ammannia baccifera
Summary 4
Ammannia baccifera, also known as the monarch redstem or blistering ammannia is a species in the family Lythraceae. It is widespread in the tropical regions of Asia, America and Africa. It has been naturalized in Spain. It is annual and herbaceous, and can be found in marshes, swamps, rice fields and water courses at low elevations. It is considered endangered in Israel, but because it is widespread and common elsewhere, the IUCN considers it to be...
Description 5
Herbs, annual, 10-50[-100] cm tall. Stem with numerous, ascending branches. Leaves opposite on basal stem portion, opposite or alternate toward stem apices, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate to linear, 5-60 × 3-10 mm, base attenuate, truncate, or subcordate. Flowers 3 to many in dense axillary cymes; pedicels subsessile, to 1 mm; peduncle absent to 1 mm; bracteoles minute, not reaching floral tube. Floral tube campanulate, tapering at base, 1-2 mm; sepals 4, ca. 0.5 mm, deltate; epicalyx absent. Petals absent. Stamens 4. Style absent to 0.3 mm, much shorter than ovary. Capsules 1-2 mm in diam., 1/4-1/2 exserted. Fl. Aug-Oct, fr. Sep-Dec. 2n = 24, 26.
Distribution 6
"Range Description: A widespread species that is found across the world from tropical Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, southeast Asia, Philippines, New Guinea, Caribbean islands, the Mediterranean basin and Australia. Countries - Native: Afghanistan; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia; Bahamas; Barbados; Bermuda; Bhutan; Cambodia; Cayman Islands; China; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Egypt (Egypt (African part)); Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; India; Israel; Jamaica; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malawi; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Martinique; Montserrat; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Netherlands Antilles; Nigeria; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Saint Barthélemy; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Senegal; Somalia; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia); Turks and Caicos Islands; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Zambia; Zimbabwe"
General habitat 7
"Habitat and Ecology: It is an annual herbaceous plant (Therophyte) that is found in swampy areas, rice paddies and water courses of low elevation. Systems: Freshwater List of Habitats: 5, 5.4, 5.7, 5.8, 15, 15.8"
Flowers and Fruiting 8
Aug-Oct
Sources and Credits
- (c) Jayesh Pail, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/62721284@N02/6107748631/
- (c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2912043658/
- Dr.S.Soundarapandian, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF2.jpg
- Adapted by Chandan Pandey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammannia_baccifera
- (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4974981
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26323145
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26323144
- (c) Chandan Pandey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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