Scoparia dulcis-Kallurukki, Karakanjavu, Meenanganni, Sweet broomweed, Liquorice weed-plant

Description

 Erect annual or perennial herbs. Leaves simple, decussate to whorled, 1-3 x 0.5-1.5 cm, obovate-oblong, apex acute, base attenuate, margin crenate-serrate, penninerved, punctate, chartaceous; petiole to 0.7 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2; pedicels slender 4-7 mm long. Calyx lobes 2-3 mm, ovate-oblong, ciliate along margin. Corolla white 4-6 mm long, rotate, throat densely hairy, lobes spathulate. Stamens 4, subequal, 3-4 mm long. Ovary globose, 2-celled; ovules many; stigma truncate. Capsules 1-2 mm across, globose; seeds 4-angled, reticulate.