Bassia indica (Wight) A. J. Scott, Feddes Repert. 89: 108. (1978). (syn: Kochia indica Wight; Kochia griffithii Bunge ex Boiss.; Kochia scoparia subsp. indica (Wight) Aellen; Bassia joppensis Bornm. & Dinsm.);
Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Afghanistan (Nangarhar); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); NW-India (Jammu, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir); Israel (coastal W-Israel, N-Negev Desert); Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, NW-coastal Egypt); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Nejd Desert); Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai); Sudan; South Africa [I] (Free State [I]); Kenya [I] as per Catalogue of Life;
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Shot on 11-10-2010
Kochia prostrata?
Please also see Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. – http://www.anpc.ab.ca/wiki/index.php/Kochia_scoparia
Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott ??
Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott may be possible as per GBIF, but I am not sure.
Yes, it is Bassia indica.
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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BS28: UID-4 Amaramthaceae Herb for id from Panipat:
it is present everywhere along roadside in many areas of Northern Haryana.
earlier two forms of this plant was in single thread
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Further investigation revealed that wooly form earlier posted in this week and plant posted in this mail are little bit different
I think this is Kochia (Bassia) species, may be similar to –
- http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id165593/?taxonid=38710
- http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id165594/?taxonid=38710&type=1
- http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimages/id38710/?type=1
- http://sophy.u-3mrs.fr/photohtm/TI2038.HTM
Mix-up of posts?
Yellow flowering sp. looks like Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott !
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please ID: Please identify this plant
Habitat – roadside and waste areas
Habit- herb
Height – 1ft
flowers – not seen
Fruits – not seen
hairy
leaves very small
conditions- Early morning,
Temperature – 16-20C
no frost, some dew
Soil – Sandy
Companion – Aerua tomentosa
– May be a species of *Tamarix* ? Possibly *T. appyla.
– It may be Bassia dasyphylla or Salsola
Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott ??
I think looks different from Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott as per GBIF
It seems to be Bassia indica, but the habit is quite strage. Could you please provide more close-up images at the fruiting stage? The leaves should be more or less fleshy, it is also a good character for the identification of this species.
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References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) India Biodiversity Portal Plant illustration SEINet Portal Network CABI
