Polycarpaea spicata

Polycarpaea spicata
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Polycarpaea
Species:	P. spicata
Binomial name
	Polycarpaea spicata; Wight ex Arn.

Polycarpaea spicata is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Distribution; North West of India, Arabia, Egypt, N. Australia.

Annual herb, with woody tap root. Stems 5–10 cm, erect to ascending, slender, many, arising from the base, purplish-brown, glabrous. Leaves 5-15 x 3-5 somewhat thick, obovate to spathulate, basal leaves forming a rosette, cauline apparently whorled at the nodes, at the point of branching. Stipules lanceolate, lacerate, acuminate. Flowers sessile in dense, terminal spikes with long peduncles. Sepals 2.5–3 mm, lanceolate, with a brown midrib at the back. Petals small, oblong. Capsule included, about ½ the length of the sepals. Seeds small, subtrigonous, shining. Shining.

References

Miller, A. (2004). "Polycarpaea spicata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T44827A10951866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44827A10951866.en. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

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[iucn-1] Miller, A. (2004). "Polycarpaea spicata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T44827A10951866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44827A10951866.en. Retrieved 18 December 2017.