Linderniaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Lindernia procumbens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lindernia procumbens is an erect, clump-forming annual plant with a much branched stem 5 - 20cm tall growing from a slender rootstock[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. This species is naturally scarce throughout its range - however, it occurs over a vast area and it faces no known widespread threats. The plant is therefore classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. Europe, through western Asia to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia

HabitatA classic species of nutrient-rich or organic silt in the drawdown zones of lakes, reservoirs and ponds, also found on the beds of drained fishponds, oxbow lakes, rice fields, sandy humid waste ground, marshes, river banks and wet low-lying areas[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].