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
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