Picria

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|genus = Picria

|parent_authority = Lour. (1790)

|species = fel-terrae

|authority = Lour. (1790)

|synonyms =

  • Curanga {{small|Juss. (1804)}}
  • Synphyllium {{small|Griff. (1836)}}
  • Treisteria {{small|Griff. (1854)}}
  • Curanga amara {{small|Juss. (1804)}}
  • Curanga fel-terrae {{small|(Lour.) Merr. (1917)}}
  • Curanga melissifolia {{small|A.Juss. (1807)}}
  • Curanga torenioides {{small|Steud. (1840)}}
  • Gratiola amara {{small|(Juss.) Roxb. (1814)}}
  • Herpestis amara {{small|Benth. (1835)}}
  • Synphyllium torenioides {{small|Griff. (1836)}}
  • Treisteria assamica {{small|Griff. (1854)}}

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Picria fel-terrae is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Linderniaceae. It is the sole species in genus Picria..{{cite web |title=Picria Lour. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37923-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is an annual native to the eastern Himalaya, Indochina, southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, and Kosrae in the Caroline Islands.{{cite web |title=Picria fel-terrae Lour. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:808406-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 May 2024|language=en}}

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