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Rice vampire weed |
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| Vernacular name | Tutari, jungali dhaniya | |
| Scientific name | Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth. | |
| Family | Scrophulariaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | ||
| Leaves | filiform, or pinnatisect (needle-like), bright green leaves, 10-60 mm long, with filiform segments (Hansen, 1975). The leaves and stem can turn reddish upon physiological maturity | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | ||
| Fruit/ seed | Asymmetrical, neatly beaked capsules, oval-shaped (broader at the chalazal). Seed coat - reticulate network covered by prominent ridges and devoid of any protuberances. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Marshy cultivated places | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September to November | |
| Associated with | Rice and upland crops | |
| Habit | Plants-erect and slender, smooth, simple-stemmed to much-branched and glabrous up to 120 cm high. | |
| Inflorescence | solitary in axils, bracts. Pedicelled, Calyx tubular lobes ovate at base with revolute margins, filiform. Corolla white long persisting around the maturing capsule. | |
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