Flat-top Mille Graines (Oldenlandia corymbosa or Hedyotis corymbosa)

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Oldenlandia corymbosa - USDA PLANTS Database
Oldenlandia corymbosa - Useful Tropical Plants
Hedyotis corymbosa - Globinmed

Duration: Annual Origination: Tropical & Southern Africa, India, Tropical AmericaEdibility: LeavesStatus in Yard: Modest in front yard

Flat-top mille graines (Oldenlandia corymbosa or Hedyotis corymbosa) is a small delicate forb that crawls along the ground. I have spotted it among the grass and other small forbs in the front yard.
Here it is mixed with other plants (some cropped from photo) on October 19, 2014,
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Flat-top mille graines is considered to have multiple medical and health benefits, which you can read about using the Useful Tropical Plants and Globinmed links above.
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