Actaea heracleifolia (Cultivated- USA)

Actaea heracleifolia (Kom.) J.Compton, Taxon 47: 624 1998. (Syn: Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom.);           Ranunuculaceae Fortnight: Actaea heracleifolia from California-GSJAN21/21 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)   Actaea heracleifolia (Kom.) J. Compton syn: Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom. Photographed from University of California Botanical Garden           References: The Plant […]

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Carex species ?- Bangladesh

      Fwd: [efloraofindia:211227] POEACEA ID from Bangladesh SM 189- 1 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Not Poaceae, but Cyperaceae. Scleria sp.? (Cyperaceae) It looks like a Carex sp. of Cyperaceae.          

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Themeda villosa ?

Themeda villosa ?;         Fwd: [efloraofindia:211227] POEACEA ID from Bangladesh SM 189- 3 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) panicum sp  blue panicum Cymbopogon sp.? Close up of inflorescence required. Probably Themeda villosa        

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Delphinium ‘Diamonds Blue’ ?

      Ranunculaceae Fortnight :: Delphinium Diamonds Blue :: Chicago Botanical Garden, USA :: ARKJAN-09 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attached is a picture of Delphinium ‘Diamonds Blue’ captured at Chicago Botanical Garden, USA in May 2013. Requested to please validate the ID.        

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Persicaria species- Bangladesh

      Persicaria ID from Bangladesh SM 199 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6).   Persicaria – species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) More than one species here, and please try to understand that without leaf and ochrea detail […]

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Saxifraga microphylla

Saxifraga microphylla Royle ex Hook.f. & Thomson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 72 1858. ;   Royle in Herb. Bth. ex H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 72 ; peduncles puberulous about 1/4 in., leaves oblong glabrous, sepals much adnate below erect in fruit, petals 0 or oblong coriaceous equal to […]

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Aloe species- Bangladesh

      Fwd: [efloraofindia:212720] Acanthaceae ID from Bangladesh SM 190- 2 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Aloe sp. Phologacanthus tubiflorus ALOE not phologacanthus please look up the flowers of aloe!!! AND this is why taking the entire plant and pictures of the basal rosettes is soooooo very important.       […]

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Photo project at Neralu, Bengaluru Tree Festival

    Fwd: Photo project at Neralu, Bengaluru Tree Festival : 2 posts by 1 author. This is an open call to all the photographers in the city. Tell us your tree story; show us your love for trees – all in the form of photographs. Your photographs should portray your perspectives of nature and your […]

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Aquilegia flavescens (USA)

Aquilegia flavescens S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 10 1871. (Syn: Aquilegia caerulea var. flavescens (S.Watson) G.Lawson; Aquilegia canadensis var. aurea Roezl; Aquilegia canadensis var. depauperata (M.E.Jones) K.C.Davis; Aquilegia canadensis subsp. flavescens (S.Watson) Brühl; Aquilegia canadensis var. flavescens (S.Watson) K.C.Davis; Aquilegia depauperata M.E.Jones; Aquilegia flavescens var. flavescens ; Aquilegia flavescens f. minor Tidestr.; Aquilegia formosa var. flavescens […]

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Anemone ‘Pretty Lady’ (USA)

  Ranunculaceae Fortnight: Anemone ‘Pretty Lad’ from Kashmir-GSJAN12/12 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Anemone ‘Pretty Lady’ a beautiful cultivar photograhed from California. Beautiful cultivar…          

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Shorea tumbuggaia

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Shorea tumbuggaia Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 2: 617 1832. (Syn: Shorea penicillata A.DC. (Unresolved); Vatica tumbugaia Wight & Arn. (Unresolved)); Images Santhan P. & A. Lalithamba     Native: India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) A small tree which occurs gregariously on slopes and peaks in dry savannah forest and dry […]

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Crotalaria beddomeana

Crotalaria beddomeana Thoth. & A.A.Ansari;   Shrubs, stems angular, pubescent. Leaves 13 x 6.5 cm, elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, apex obtuse, apiculate, base obtuse, pubescent below, membranous; petiole 2 cm, thick, stipule 1 cm, semi-lunate. Racemes terminal, to 15 cm; bracts 1 cm, ovate, acuminate, tomentose; bracteoles 2.5 mm, ovate; calyx tube 4 mm, villous, lobes […]

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Dyckia brevifolia (Cultivated)

Dyckia brevifolia Baker, Refug. Bot. 4: t. 236 1871. (Syn: Dyckia gemellaria Baker ex Mez; Dyckia princeps hort. ex Mez; Dyckia sulphurea K.Koch);      Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight:: Crassulaceae?:: For id from Panchkula- NS 37 : 16 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4). Please suggest to which family this succulent belongs if not […]

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Plantago species- California, USA

    Wild Plant For ID : C alifornia : 06JAN15 : AK-2 : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). Another wild plant seen in Fremont, growing wild in a field on 28/9/14. Plantago ..? Thanks for suggesting Plantago. I had thought so too, but wasn’t too sure. impossible to make out the flower […]

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Flower at Kodaikanal

      Identification required 060115PAU : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). My keyboard has some issues, so the earlier mail was sent before completion. sorry for the confusion.Please help me identify this flower Location : Kodaikanal, tamilnaduLet me know if any additional details needed Do you have other pictures showing leaves etc. […]

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Lomandra longifolia (Cultivated)

Lomandra longifolia Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 92 1805. (Syn: Lomandra longifolia subsp. exilis A.T.Lee; Xerotes arenaria R.Br.; Xerotes longifolia (Labill.) R.Br.; Xerotes longifolia var. arenaria (R.Br.) Domin; Xerotes longifolia var. macrocarpa Domin);   Lomandra longifolia, commonly known as Spiny-head Mat-rush,[2] Spiky-headed Mat-rush[3] or Basket Grass, is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. […]

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