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Summary

Cyathula prostrata, the prostrate pastureweed, is a perennial, prostrate, herbaceous plant distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical world.

Etymology and names

Cyathula: sy-ATH-uh-la - small cup. prostrata: prost-RAY-tuh - prostrate. Hindi: लाल चिरचिटा, romanized: laal chirchita Kannada: ನೆಲ ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ, romanized: nela uttharaani, ರಕ್ತಪಮರ್ಗ (raktapamarga) Malayalam: ചെറുകടലാടി, romanized: cerukadalaadi Marathi: भुईअघाडा, romanized: bhuiaghādā Tamil: சிவப்பு நாயுருவி, romanized: civappu nayuruvi

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Etymology

Cyathula: sy-ATH-uh-la - small cup.
prostrata: prost-RAY-tuh - prostrate.

Names

Hindi: लाल चिरचिटा, romanized: laal chirchita Kannada: ನೆಲ ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ, romanized: nela uttharaani, ರಕ್ತಪಮರ್ಗ (raktapamarga) Malayalam: ചെറുകടലാടി, romanized: cerukadalaadi Marathi: भुईअघाडा, romanized: bhuiaghādā Tamil: சிவப்பு நாயுருவி, romanized: civappu nayuruvi

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Distribution and habitat

Africa: Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar. Asia-Temperate: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is. Pacific: Caroline Islands, Samoa.

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Bolivia, Caroline Is., Cook Is., French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Mauritius, Puerto Rico,...