Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

An introduced decumbent or erect herb grows on open, frequently wet places such as margins of paddy fields. Native to tropical and sub tropi...

An indigenous herb common in marshy ponds, margins of tanks, flooded paddy fields in wet and dry lowlands. Flowering from March to December.

An introduced herb native to Eurasia . Common in the lawns, roadsides, cultivated grounds and rocky hill tops in the upper hill country a...

An indigenous perennial herb grows along roadsides, open places and cultivated lands in the montane and upper montane areas. Flowering th...

An introduced perennial herb native to Europe and north and central Asian countries. Naturalized in grassy places, forest edges, roadsi...

An introduced annual herb native to tropical America. Naturalized in cultivated grounds and roadsides of the hill country. Flowering from...

An indigenous decumbent or erect herb widespread in paddy fields, marshlands, etc. from wet lowlands to lower hills. Occasionally also oc...

An endemic herb occurs in damp places close to ditches or a watercourse in the wet lowlands below 700 m a.s.l. Flowering from March to De...

Common indigenous herb with creeping stems. Occurs in open marshy lands and along banks of ponds and creeks of the lowlands. Usually clos...

 An indigenous herb grows among short grasses in wet places in the lowlands and wet hills up to about 500 m. Common on wet rocky surfaces a...