Dear friends, *Mitracarpus hirtus* seems to very closely resembling *Spermacoce ocymoides* .
1) is *Mitracarpus hirtus* also distributed (naturalized) in India ? 2) how can *Mitracarpus hirtus* and *Spermacoce ocymoides* be differentiated ? Here is the photopage of *Spermacoce ocymoides*, where a comment (*Mitracarpus hirtus*) is put. [image: Spermacoce ocymoides]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5634249302/> Regards. Dinesh
