Hedyotis brachypoda:
An annual, 10-30cm tall, occurs in foot-paths between paddies or
fields. Stems are finely cylindrical, branching at bases to rise
diagonally upward or expand sideways. The leaves are opposite,
1-3.5cm long and 1.5-3cm wide linear to broadly linear, with short
sandy hairs on the margins. Stipules on the leaf bases are
membranous, with tips divided in some. White and somewhat tinged red
flowers put themselves one or two on axils, and corollas are about
2cm long and tubular, with tips cut in four. Peduncles are very
short, and calyxes cleft themselves in four and divaricated, with
tips sharply pointed. Bloom time: August-September. |