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Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) » Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume
sy-ATH-uh-la or sy-ATH-yoo-la -- small cup ... Dave's Botanary
prost-RAY-tuh -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: cyathula, prostrate pastureweed • Hindi: लाल चिरचिटा lal chirchita • Kannada: ನೆಲ ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ nela uttharaani, ರಕ್ತಪಮರ್ಗ raktapamarga • Konkani: ¿ धाकटो मोगरा dhakto mogra ? • Malayalam: ചെറുകടലാടി cerukadalaadi • Marathi: भुईअघाडा bhuiaghaada • Tamil: சிவப்பு நாயுருவி civappu nayuruvi
Native to: tropical Africa, s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; naturalized elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • Flora of China • PIER • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT
Erect, prostrate or occasionally clump-forming shrub to to 1.5 m tall, stems glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate or narrow-elliptic, mostly 5–30 mm long, usually 1–4 mm wide, rarely to 7 mm. Flowers in bracteate heads, terminal; peduncles mostly 1–40 mm long, glabrous. Bracts 4, sometimes 8; 4–19 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, often with a reddish tinge. Flowers are bisexual or female, 7–44 per head, white or occasionally pink, mostly 10–20 mm long, female flowers shorter. Flowers from winter to summer. Widespread. Toxic to stock, but not very palatable.
Prostrate knotweed. For more information on identification and control, visit turfweeds.cals.cornell.edu/plant/identify/227.
Species from eastern North America
Common name: dollar-leaf, prostrate ticktrefoil
Photographed in Boyle Park, Little Rock, Arkansas
Prostrate rosemary ( rosmarinus prostratus) is planted in the beds between the library parking lot and the police parking lot. It blooms intermittently all year and attracts many bees.
Introduced, warm-season, annual or perennial, prostrate to ascending herb. Stems are pubescent to woolly or hairless and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are opposite, oblong to more or less spathulate and 2–5 cm long; upper surface is sparsely hairy to hairless, lower surface is pubescent to woolly. Flowerheads are 1–4 cm long, 1–1.2 cm wide. Perianth segments are white, shining and papery. A native of America, it is a widespread weed.
Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate to erect, woody herb or shrub to 1 m tall. Stems are reddish, hairless, with weak opposite longitudinal ridges; they arise from rhizomes or woody crowns. Leaves are opposite, sessile, hairless, to 3 cm long and have many translucent dots (oil glands) that are easily seen when held to the light. Flowerheads are panicles or corymbose cymes. Flowers are numerous and 15-20 mm wide. Petals are yellow and have black glands on their edges. Styles are 3-branched. Fruit are sticky 3-valved capsules, 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers in late spring and summer. Found in neglected pastures, sparse bushland and disturbed areas. Tiny seeds spread by water and in soil, hay and livestock. Sticky fruits adhere to animals; long runners spread from crowns. Causes photosensitisation and numerous other disorders in livestock; animals tend to recover once removed. Established plants are very competitive and are best controlled by herbicides or, if suitable, by cultivation. Introduced insect (Chrysolina beetles) and mite (St John’s wort mite ) predators provide good levels of control in many areas. Promote dense, healthy pastures to compete with seedlings, which are not robust.
Introduced, warm-season, annual or perennial, prostrate to ascending herb. Stems are pubescent to woolly or hairless and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are opposite, oblong to more or less spathulate and 2–5 cm long; upper surface is sparsely hairy to hairless, lower surface is pubescent to woolly. Flowerheads are 1–4 cm long, 1–1.2 cm wide. Perianth segments are white, shining and papery. A native of America, it is a widespread weed.
Introduced, warm-season, annual or perennial, prostrate to ascending herb. Stems are pubescent to woolly or hairless and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are opposite, oblong to more or less spathulate and 2–5 cm long; upper surface is sparsely hairy to hairless, lower surface is pubescent to woolly. Flowerheads are 1–4 cm long, 1–1.2 cm wide. Perianth segments are white, shining and papery. A native of America, it is a widespread weed.
Prostrate to erect shrub 0.3–2.5 m tall and with smooth, purplish brown or light green bark. Phyllodes are narrowly oblanceolate or very narrowly elliptic to linear, straight to slightly curved, 5–15 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, glabrous, ± glaucous, Only the midvein is prominent. Flowerheads are usually 5–10-headed in an axillary raceme; heads are globose, 3–10-flowered and pale yellow to nearly white. Pods are ± straight, ± flat, 2–5 cm long and 8–19 mm wide. Flowers from April to September. Grows in heath and dry sclerophyll forest or woodland, in sandy soil; chiefly on the coast.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate, erect or ascending, hairless or sparsely hairy legume with branches to 60 cm long. Leaves are trifoliolate, wih leaflets ± obovate, toothed and 4–15 mm long. Flowerheads are umbel-like, 6–12 mm diameter and many-flowered. Flowers occur on minute pedicels and are erect to deflexed after anthesis. Petals are 3–6 mm long, longer than the sepals, pink and not persistent. Fruit are woolly. Flowering i in spring. Widely naturalised, mostly on the Tablelands and Slopes.
Native, warm-season, perennial herb. Stems are weak, prostrate to erect and to 15 cm tall. Leaves are opposite (usually one larger than the other), hairless to hairy, 2-7 cm long and paler underneath. Flowerheads are usually more than 2-flowered. Flowers are trumpet-shaped, with 5 blue petals that form a tube 6–12 mm long and have lobes 2–9 mm long. Flowering is from spring to early winter. Found in moister and/or shady areas of floodplains, stream banks, woodlands and forests.
The prostrate Pedicularis gruina flowering at Lijiang Alpine Botanic Garden, Yunnan Provence, China.
Prostrate knotweed. For more information on identification and control, visit turfweeds.cals.cornell.edu/plant/identify/227.
Introduced, cool-season annual, stemless or short-stemmed herb to 30 cm tall. Leaves form a prostrate rosette to 50 cm in diameter; they are spear shaped, serrated, deeply lobed; upper surface hairless to hairy; lower surface white felted. Flowerheads occur on unbranched peduncles. Ray florets are yellow, ligulate and sterile; disc florets are dark, tubular and bisexual. Germinates in autumn/winter; flowers in spring. A native of South Africa, it is strongly competitive weed of crops, pastures, lawns and disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides). Prefers lighter textured soils of reasonable fertility and where there is a lack of competition. Grazed by stock, but is of lower value than many good pasture species. Can cause nitrate poisoning in sheep and cattle on high fertility soils; taints milk; causes allergic skin reaction in horses and donkeys. Best managed using a number of methods: competition, grazing, mechanical, herbicides. Maintain dense, vigorous pastures and minimise soil disturbance. Needs to be controlled in year prior to sowing pastures; control is easiest at the seedling stage. Combined knockdown herbicides prior to sowing, selective post-sowing herbicides or manuring of crops and pastures can be highly effective for control.
roo-EL-ee-uh -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's Botanary
prost-RAY-tuh -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia • Bengali: ধমনী dhamani • Dogri: वन बसूटी van basuti • Gujarati: કાળી ધામણ ઢોકળી kali dhaman dhokali, કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani • Hindi: धामिन dhamin • Kannada: ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu • Malayalam: ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali • Marathi: भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel, काळी धावणी kali dhawani • Rajasthani: काली घावणी kali ghavani • Tamil: போட்டகாஞ்சி pottakanchi • Telugu: మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela neelaambaramu
botanical names: Ruellia prostrata Poir. ... homotypic synonyms: Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees • Ruellia patula var. prostrata(Poir.) Chiov. ... accepted infraspecifics: Ruellia prostrata var. prostrata ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia deccanensis J.Graham • Ruellia pallida Willd. ex Nees • Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta (Nees) C.B.Clarke • Ruellia ringens Roxb. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 16 July 2025
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Andhra Pradesh, *Goa, *Haryana, *Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, *Odisha, *Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, *Uttarakhand, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate, erect or ascending, hairless or sparsely hairy legume with branches to 60 cm long. Leaves are trifoliolate, wih leaflets ± obovate, toothed and 4–15 mm long. Flowerheads are umbel-like, 6–12 mm diameter and many-flowered. Flowers occur on minute pedicels and are erect to deflexed after anthesis. Petals are 3–6 mm long, longer than the sepals, pink and not persistent. Fruit are woolly. Flowering i in spring. Widely naturalised, mostly on the Tablelands and Slopes.
A dwarf, prostrate European Willow. The flowers are extremely tiny - compare to size of the ants. My yard, Willow Family, Salicaceae, 2008 18 May_0492acr
Prostrate form parking lot planting with Kim view boardwalk at Kealia Pond, Maui, Hawaii.
May 17, 2016
Dibatabata (Kikongo), hogweed
A semi-prostrate annual herb with ascending flowering stems up to 60 cm tall. A common weed.
The whole plant and particularly the root is used medicinally in Bas-Congo as a snake bite antidote and to counter inflammation. Goats eat the plants and sometimes return home with edible caterpillars, also called Batabata, around their mouths.