• Family : AIZOACEAE
  (CARPET-WEED FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Molluginaceae
• Species : Mollugo nudicaulis
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.
• Common name : Naked Stem Carpetweed
• Vernacular name : Paprastaka (Hin.); Parpaadagam (Tam.)
• Key identification features : An annual herb with radiating prostrate branches. Leaves are simple, small and whorled. Flowers are small in axillary or terminal cymes. Fruit is a capsule.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : August-March
• Comments : On plains to 600 m, in wasteland, floor of scrub jungles etc. Abundant in disturbed ground and fallow fields.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Tippukaadu R.F. (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Macherla R.F., Nagarjunakonda Hills (Guntur district), Gani R.F. (Kurnool district), Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Cuttack district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Mollugo nudicaulis. Downloaded on 5 May 2024.

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