Rotala mexicana: An
annual 3-10cm tall that grows in paddies or wetlands. Leaves are
0.6-1cm long and 1-2mm wide, in a narrow lanceolate shape, with
truncate tips slightly cleft in two. Flowers are light red and tiny,
with no petals and 2-3 stamens. Capsules are spherical and
approximately two times as long as calyxes and rupture themselves
into three when having matured. Bloom time: August-October. |