Polycarpon prostratum
Content
Description
Annual herb.
Leaves spathulate to narrowly elliptic, 5-20 by 2-3 mm, with acute apex;
Inflorescence axillary or terminal leafy cymes;
Sepals 1-2(-2.5) mm, carinate with a broad scarious margin.
Petals 3-5 (or 0), white or pink, narrowly elliptic, hyalinous, much shorter than sepals, very fragile.
Stamens 5, sometimes fewer, shorter than sepals.
Ovary ovoid, short;
Capsule enclosed by per- sistent sepals.
Seeds numerous, oblong-cylindrical, reticulate, 0.5 by 0.2 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present)
Probably Mediterranean in origin, now cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical regions. In Malesia only recorded from the Philippines; no material seen in L.
Citation
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 139
Merr. 1905 – In: Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philipp.): 19
1845: 36
Benth. 1943: Fl. Gén. Indo-Chine: 246
Ke Ping 1996: p. 62. – In: Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin.: f. 13: 1-3
N.C. Majumdar 1993: p. 553. – In: Fl. India: f. 114
Milne-Redhead 1948 – In: Kew Bull.: 451
Turrill 1956 – In: Fl. Trop. E. Afr.: 5
K. Larsen 1989: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: 67: f. 9: 1-7
Wadhwa 1996 – In: Fl. Ceylon: 62
Pham-hoàng Hô 1991: p. 938. – In: Ill. Fl. Vietnam: f. 263
Asch. & Schweinf. 1992: p. 415. – In: Fl. Thailand: f. 93: 1-7
Edgew. & Hook. f. 1874 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 245
Grierson 1987 – In: Fl. Bhutan: 216
Gagnepain 1909 – In: Fl. Gén. Indo-Chine: 271
1877: 1: 66
Lu Dequan & M.G. Gilbert 2001 – In: Fl. China: 6