Eriogonum fasciculatum (USA)

Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 411 1837. (Syn: Eriogonum fasciculatum var. aspalathoides Gand.; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. aspalathoides (Gand.) S.Stokes; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. aspathaloides (Gand.) S. Stokes; Eriogonum fasciculatum var. ericifolium M.E.Jones; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. fasciculatum ; Eriogonum fasciculatum var. fasciculatum ; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. foliolosum (Nutt.) S.Stokes; Eriogonum fasciculatum var. maritimum Parish; […]

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Tinospora species ?- Dhaka City

  Climber ID from Bangladesh SM127 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Climbing Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Dhaka City Hard to select from Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson,  Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson and Ipomoea alba L.      

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Dendrobium hybrids- Mizoram

      Orchid for ID (Eulophia sp.?) : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1 + 1). Location  MizoramDate : 23-06-2014Habit : Epiphytic herb ?Habitat : Growing wild It seems like a species of Dendrobium. But not matching with any known species reported so far from India. May be it is close to Dendrobium […]

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Mammillaria species- Cactus Nursery in Nasik

     Cactus For ID : Nasik : 050714 : AK-7 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). A small, cultivated Cactus at a Cactus Nursery in Nasik. Picture taken on 27/2/14. This could be Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis, Mammillaria ‘Arizona Snowcap’ as suggested in another thread.   But one looked like a sport […]

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Wahlenbergia hederacea (Cultivated- USA)

Wahlenbergia hederacea (L.) Rchb., Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 5: 47 1827. (Syn: Aikinia hederacea (L.) Salisb. ex Fourr.; Campanopsis hederacea (L.) Kuntze; Campanula hederacea L.; Campanula hederifolia Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Campanula pentagonophylla Vuk.; Cervicina hederacea (L.) Druce; Roucela hederacea (L.) Dumort.; Schultesia hederacea (L.) Roth; Valvinterlobus filiformis Dulac; Wahlenbergia hederifolia (Salisb.) Bubani [Illegitimate]; Wahlenbergia stenocalyx Ingw.); […]

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Isotoma fluviatilis (Cultivated- USA)

Isotoma fluviatilis (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 136 1868. (Syn: Enchysia baueri C.Presl .; Enchysia gaudichaudii C.Presl; Enchysia lessonii C.Presl; Hypsela sessiliflora E.Wimm.; Isotoma fluviatilis subsp. fluviatilis ; Isotoma fluviatilis var. inundata (R.Br.) Benth.; Isotoma sessiliflora (E.Wimm.) Lammers; Laurentia baueri (C.Presl) A.DC. .; Laurentia fluviatilis (R.Br.) E.Wimm. ..; Laurentia gaudichaudii (C.Presl) A.DC.; Lobelia fluviatilis R.Br.; Lobelia […]

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Isotoma

  Isotoma fluviatilis (Cultivated- USA)  (Images by Gurcharan Singh)   Isotoma page (‎‎‎‎Campanulaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Isotoma page (‎‎‎Campanulaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by …). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other […]

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Calliandra brevipes (Cultivated)

Calliandra brevipes Benth. (Syn: Acacia selloi Spreng.; Anneslia brevipes (Benth.) Lindm.; Calliandra selloi (Spreng.) J.F.Macbr.; Calliandra selloi sensu auct. (misapplied); Calliandra yucunensis N.F.Mattos; Feuilleea brevipes Kuntze); images by Dr. Nidhan Singh   Common name: Pink Powder Puff   Calliandra brevipes (Pink Powderpuff) is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters of red powder-puff flowers. It […]

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Looking for information on shade loving shrubs/herbs

    Looking for information on shade loving shrubs/herbs : 4 posts by 2 authors. I am looking for a few native varieties of shade loving shrubs/herbs that can in a region which does not receive much sunlight naturally and is also shaded by some palms. It would be preferable if they were not very […]

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Saurauia roxburghii

Saurauia roxburghii Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 40 1831. (Syn: Ternstroemia serrata Roxb.);   Common name: Singkrang • Manipuri: সিঙক্ৰাঙ Singkrang • Mizo: Terpui • Bengali: Bon posola     Images by Sourav Mahmud (Identity help by Nidhan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)   Tree/Shrub ID from Bangladesh SM082 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Shrub/treeHabitat: […]

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Eulophia promensis

(Image by M SSawmliana inserted by Sushant More) Eulophia promensis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 181 1833. (Syn: Ania promensis (Lindl.) Senghas; Ascotainia promensis (Lindl.) Schltr.; Eulophia geniculata King & Pantl.; Eulophia massiei Guillaumin; Tainia promensis (Lindl.) Hook.f.);          Eulophia sp. for ID (Orchid) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). […]

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Exacum anamallayanum

Exacum anamallayanum Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 1: 33 1870. (Syn: Exacum atropurpureum var. anamallayanum (Bedd.) C.B.Clarke);    Shrubs, stem terete, lenticellate. Leaves opposite, to 5 x 3 cm, broadly ovate, acute, base clasping the stem, coriaceous, margins thickened, 5-ribbed from the base, sessile. Cymes terminal and axillary ; pedicels stout, 1 cm long; calyx […]

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Barleria species ?- Kolkata, West Bengal

      ID please – flowering plant – white flower in the winter – from Kolkata , West Bengal. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). ID please – flowering plant – white flower in the winter – from Kolkata , West Bengal. It looks like Adulsa, Justicia adhatoda, Seems to be Barleria […]

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Fabaceae member- Batalik sector

     POSSIBLE ID OF THESE SMALL, WILD FLOWERS PICKED AT TIME OF 1999 KARGIL WAR : 4 posts by 2 authors. I have a somewhat different request for an ID from learned members of this group. During the 1999 Kargil War, I had a chance to report the battle from 15,000 feet at the […]

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Hoppea fastigiata

Hoppea fastigiata (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 100 1883. (Syn: Cicendia fastigiata Griseb.; Exacum concinnum Miq. ex C.B.Clarke; Exacum fastigiatum Arn. ex Griseb. [Invalid]; Pladera fastigiata C.B.Clarke (Unresolved); Pladera pusilla Thwaites (Unresolved));    Small branched herbs. Leaves opposite, 4-8 x 2-5 mm, ovate, subsessile. Cymes terminal and axillary; peduncles to 5 mm, calyx tube 4 mm, […]

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Canscorinella bhatiana

Canscorinella bhatiana (K.S. Prasad & Raveendran) Shahina & Nampy (Syn: Canscora bhatiana Prasad & Raveendran); Images by Shahina Shanavas, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details). Two species of Canscorinella – C. bhatiana & C. stricta : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Collected from Chelannur, Kozhikode and … respectively        […]

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Park Tree in Dhaka

      Tree ID from Bangladesh SM099 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Tree Habitat: ParkLocation: Dhaka City          

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