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|accepted_name=Lindernia antipoda
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Alston in H. Trimen et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Handb. Fl. Ceylon
|place=6: 214. 1931
|year=1931
}}
|common_names=Sparrow false-pimpernel
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ruellia antipoda
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Bonnaya antipoda
|authority=(Linnaeus) Druce
}}
|hierarchy=Linderniaceae;Lindernia;Lindernia antipoda
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Linderniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lindernia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lindernia antipoda]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 353, 354, 356
|treatment_page=page 355
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals.</b> Stems erect to decumbent, not matted, usually rooting at proximal nodes, 3–17 cm. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, thin; petiole absent; blade obovate, oblanceolate, or elliptic, distal sometimes linear, (2–)10–25 × (0.4–)3.5–9 mm, pinnately veined to 1-nerved, not leathery, margins shallowly serrate to subentire; distal well developed or much reduced. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–15 mm, 1/2–3 times subtending leaves. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5–6 mm, connate to 1/4 lengths; corolla white, lavender, or pink, abaxial lobes sometimes with purple markings, tube 5.5–8 mm, adaxial lip equal to abaxial; stamens 2; staminodes without appendage and distal segment. <b>Capsules</b> narrowly lanceoloid, 8–14 × 1.2–3.8 mm. <b>Seeds</b> irregularly oblong, ovoid, or rhombic, not ribbed. <b>2n</b> = 36 (India).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Moist to wet roadsides, disturbed areas, pine flatwoods.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=La.;Asia;Australia;introduced also in Mexico;South America (Venezuela).
|discussion=<p><i>Lindernia antipoda</i> has only recently been introduced in the Americas; it was first collected in 1979 (Allen, Vincent & Erbe 9259, LAF) from Livingston Parish, Louisiana (K. A. Vincent 1981). It has subsequently been documented from Mexico and Venezuela.</p>
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name=Lindernia antipoda
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Alston in H. Trimen et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Bonnaya antipoda
|basionyms=Ruellia antipoda
|family=Linderniaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Moist to wet roadsides, disturbed areas, pine flatwoods.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=La.;Asia;Australia;introduced also in Mexico;South America (Venezuela).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Handb. Fl. Ceylon
|publication year=1931
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_71.xml
|genus=Lindernia
|species=Lindernia antipoda
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