Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr., Fl. France 1: 221 1847. (Syn: Agrostemma coeli-rosea L.; Coronaria coeli-rosa (L.) Fr. ex Heynh.; Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Endl.; Eudianthe oculata A.Braun; Lychnidia coeli-rosa (L.) Pomel; Lychnis coeli-rosa (L.) Desr.; Pontinia coeli-rosa (L.) Fr.; unresolved names ……………); Caryophyllaceae Week: Silene coeli-rosa from Kashmir: Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr., J. […]
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Andrographis lawsonii
Andrographis lawsonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 375 1923. ; Images by Muthu Karthick, N, Ialidated by Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Nilgiris: Acanthaceae for identification 191112MK02: Please help me to identify this small herb found in the grasslands of high altitudes. Plant height: up to 20 […]
Sagina subulata (USA)
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C.Presl, Fl. Sicul. 158 1826. (Syn: Alsine subulata (Sw.) E.H.L. Krause; Arenaria verna H.Vilm.; Phaloe subulata (Sw.) Dumort.; Spergella subulata (Sw.) Rchb.; Spergula subulata Sw.); Caryophyllaceae Week: Sagina subulata from California: Sagina subulata (Swartz) C. Presl, Fl. Sicul. 158. 1826. Common names: Irish moss, Scottish moss, pearlwort This perennial […]
Sagina
Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst. Sagina saginoides ? Sagina species in India: Sagina apetala Ard. S. japonica (Sw.) Ohwi S. procumbens L. S. purii R.D.Gaur S. saginoides (L.) H.Karst. References: Majumdar, N.C. 1993. Caryophyllaceae. In; Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P. and Sanjappa, M. (Eds.) Flora of India Vol-2, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, […]
Dendrobium gratiosissimum
Dendrobium gratiosissimum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23: 99 1865. (Syn: Callista boxaleii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratiosissima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratissima (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved); Dendrobium boxallii Rchb.f.; Dendrobium bullerianum Bateman); Orchidaceae: Dendrobium gratiosissimum: Old picture, taken at my home in Bangalore. Habitat is NE India (Assam) and SE Asian countries like […]
Silene falconeriana
Silene falconeriana Benth. in Royle, Ill. Himal. Mts. Cashm. 79. t. 20. 1834. Rohrb., Monogr. der Gatt. Silene 202. 1868; Edgew. & Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 220. 1874; E. Nasir in Biologia 5: 66: 1959; Stewart; Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 252. 1972. ; Falconer’s Campion ; […]
Pedicularis perrottetii
Pedicularis perrottetii Benth., Prodr. 10: 565 1846. ; Annual herbs, sparsely pubescent; stems 10-20 cm tall, rigid but wavy, sparsely hairy. Leaves numerous, 3.6-6 cm, alternate, glandular-hairy, petioled, oblong, pinnatifid; lobes oblong, subrecurved, obtuse, crenate. Flowers few, subsessile, axillary. Calyx 2.5 cm long, tubular; lobes crested. Corolla white, 7-15 cm long with slender tube, […]
33rd Tree Appreciation Walk in Stream Trail of SGNP, Mumbai
33rd Tree Appreciation Walk in Stream Trail of SGNP, Mumbai ; 33rd Tree Appreciation Walk in Stream Trail of SGNP, Mumbai on 9th Dec,12: We take you along through the year long journey of Walks in the Gardens, Parks & Forest…….unfolding so many secrets & magic… In the months of Magh& Phaguna […]
Pleiocraterium
Laurembergia coccinea
Laurembergia coccinea (Blume) Kanitz, Fl. Bras. 13(2): 377 1882. (Syn: Epilithes coccinea Blume); Nilgiris: small Herb for identification 301112MK01: 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please help me to identify this herb found among the grasslands in nilgiris upper plateau. Is this any Caryophyllaceae member? Plant size: 10 cm Leaf: 1 […]
Laurembergia
Laurembergia coccinea (Blume) Kanitz
Leucas suffruticosa
Leucas suffruticosa Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 611 1834. ; Images by Muthu Karthick Much branched undershrubs, with long and stout root stock; branches terete, rigid, hispid with erect-appressed hairs and few bristle-like spreading hairs. Leaves sessile or subsessile, opposite, 1-3 x 0.15-0.3 cm, linear, obtuse, entire and revolute-margined, ciliate with bristle-like hairs, white […]
Dillenia tetrapetala (Vietnam)
Dillenia tetrapetala Joongku Lee, T.B.Tran & R.K. Choudhary, 2012; Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary Dillenia from Vietnam_RKC_01_25042011: Recently I was on a floristic trip to Vietnam. On request of some members of eFlora, I am uploading a few fotos. Dillenia sp. Habit: Trees upto 10 m high. Loc.: HonBa Natural Reserve, Vietnam (ca 200m) […]
Impatiens clavicornu
Impatiens clavicornu Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(1):271. 1859 ; NIlgiris: Impatiens for identification 141112MK03: Please help me to identify this Impatiens plant. Is this Impatiens acaulis? The height with scape was about 25 cm. Leaf: 7-8cm across Fruit: 0.7 cm across Flower: 2 cm across Date: 21 Oct 2012 Place: Mukruti […]
Drimiopsis
Drimiopsis botryoides Baker (Images by Alka Khare & Aarti S Khale (Id clue by Pankaj Kumar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))
Trichodesma species ?
Trichodesma species ? ; Small Wild Plant for ID : Pali,Maharashtra : 241112 : AK-1: Saw this small, wild plant in a private farm in Pali, Maharashtra. It has probably dried flowers or opened pods, not sure. Plant was hardly a foot tall. The only possibility I could think of […]
Sagittaria montevidensis
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 2: 156 1827. (Syn: Sagittaria pugioniformis var. montevidensis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze; Sagittaria alismifolia Phil. ex Micheli; Sagittaria andina Phil.; Sagittaria chilensis Cham. & Schltdl.; Sagittaria incrassata Steud. [Invalid]; Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. chilensis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bogin ……; Sagittaria multinervia Larrañaga; Sagittaria oblonga Larrañaga; Sagittaria ovifolia Larrañaga; Sagittaria pugioniformis var. […]
Asyneuma fulgens
Asyneuma fulgens (Wall.) Briq., Candollea 4: 334 1931. (Syn: Campanula fulgens Wall.); Images by Muthu Karthick (ID by Umesh Kumar Tiwari) Nilgiris: Herb for identification 201112MK02: Please help me in identifying the posted herb found among the grasses of high altitude Nilgiris. Leaf: 6 cm long Flower: 2 cm across Date: 21 Oct […]
Solidago virgaurea ?
Solidago virgaurea ?; Garden Plant for ID : 260112 : Kenya : AK-3: Picture taken at Nairobi,Kenya on the 30/01/09. A cultivated garden plant found in the botanical garden of Nairobi Museum. Bushes around 5-6 feet in height with yellow flowers. Kindly id. Perhaps Solidago virga-aurea but needs confirmation Asteraceae Fortnight : […]
Ricciella crystallina ?
Ricciella crystallina (L.) Warnst., Krypt.-Fl. Brandenburg, Leber- & Torfm. 80 80 1902. (Syn: Riccia crystallina L.) ?; request for a liverwort and a moss id…..place-ambala cantt….habitat-garden: please help me to identify this liverwort and moss… It is very difficult to identify the liverworts and moss without actual examination, the picture […]
