Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

 An indigenous annual herb locally common along roadsides and gardens of dry and sandy places. 

An uncommon native herb of shady places among grass in the lower montane zone. 

Native prostrate herb of tropical ans sub tropical America . Introduced and now a common weed in dry sandy places, disturbed grounds and ...

Rather rare indigenous slender herb. A weed of dry grassy places and light shaded areas. 

An indigenous herb occurs as two varieties in the island.  P, l, lappacea  (Above Picture)  - Grows open dry places along forest edges....

Very common introduced herb occurs in paddy fields, ditches, roadsides, gardens and disturbed places in lowlands up to about 1180 m eleva...

An indigenous herb occurs as two varieties in the island.   P, l, lappacea - Grows open dry places along forest edges.  P. l. orbicul...

Very common introduced weed occurs along roadsides, waste and disturbed grounds and in gardens. Flowering throughout the year. The young ...

An indigenous perennial herb very common along roadsides, gardens, waste grounds, scrub lands,  forest margins, seashores and along stre...

Native herb of Brazil and Argentina . Invasive in Australia, China, New Zealand,Thailand and USA . In 1995 it was found that Alligator we...

Common indigenous herb occurs in disturbed or waste sandy grounds, sand flats, open areas in scrub and rocky slopes in dry regions. 

Creeping herb native to tropical America . Introduced and naturalized in dry sandy places with sparse grass cover, Often in the places wh...

A native herb of South America.  Introduced to Sri Lanka and now widely distributed along roadsides, rocky places and waste lands. 

An introduced weed of cultivated lands, roadsides, waste lands etc. of low country. Very common in low country dry zone.