Cichorium intybus ?

Cichorium intybus ?;         For ID 161012 NS2: The location details are here: Location – Uttarkashi district (Uttarakhand) Habitat – Forest – mostly Bhoj (Birch?) trees Altitude – approx 11,000ft asl Leaves important in this case. Could be Cichorium intybus or even a Lactuca sp.          

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Drimia polyantha

Drimia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Stearn, Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4: 209 1978. (Syn: Indurgia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Thuranthos polyanthus (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Urginea polyantha Blatt. & McCann);   Images by Shrikant Ingalhalikar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)        Kas Week: Phoenix of Kas 1: […]

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Melocactus matanzanus

Melocactus matanzanus León, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. “Felipe Poey” 8: 206 206 1934. (Syn: Melocactus actinacanthus Areces);        Cacti for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 111012 : AK-3: A Cacti seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 18/2/2011. A very small, cultivated, potted plant. melocactus matanzanus   Duars : […]

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Dipcadi concanense

Dipcadi concanense (Dalzell) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 399 1870. (Syn: Ornithogalum concanense (Dalzell) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Uropetalon concanense Dalzell);   Images by Rekha Shahane   Hello : Its Dipkadi cocanense from Ratnagiri: These photographs are taken on 3rd Sept.’12 at Ratnagiri ( Maharshtra )And to my surprise, I could click all stages from […]

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Westringia fruticosa (Cultivated- USA)

Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 652 1917. (Syn: Cunila fruticosa Willd.; Westringia rosmarinacea Andrews; Westringia rosmariniformis Sm.);       Coastal rosemary, Westringia fruticosa from California: Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce Syn: Westringia rosmariniformis Sm.; W. rosmarinacea Andrews  Common name: Coastal rosemary   I photographed this small shrub few days back […]

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Sesbania javanica

Sesbania javanica Miq. (Syn: Aeschynomene paludosa Roxb.; Sesbania aculeata var. paludosa (Roxb.) “Baker, p.p.”; Sesbania aculeata var. paludosa Baker; Sesbania chochinchinensis (Lour.) DC. [Spelling variant]; Sesbania cochinchinensis (Lour.) DC.; Sesbania cochinchinensis auct. non DC.; Sesbania cochinchinensis Kurz; Sesbania cochinensis Kurz; Sesbania grandiflora auct. non Poir.; Sesbania grandiflora sensu Miq.; Sesbania paludosa auct. non Jacq.; Sesbania […]

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Sesbania cannabina

Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. (Syn: Aeschynomene cannabina Retz.; Coronilla cannabina Willd.; Sesbania aculeata var. cannabina (Retz.) Baker; Sesbania cannabina var. floribunda Gagnep.);  India (N); Gujarat ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Orissa ; Tripura ; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal & other countries as per ILDIS; Keys in Flora of China & Flora of Pakistan;  Fabaceae new ID from Hooghly […]

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Kalanchoe prolifera

Kalanchoe prolifera (Bow.) R.-Hamet (Syn: Bryophyllum proliferum Bowie ex Hook.); Images by Aarti Khale – Id by Ajinkya Gadave     Ornamental Plant for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 021012 : AK-3: An ornamental plant seen at the flower show at Jijamata Udyan in Mumbai on 19/2/2011. A small, cultivated, potted plant with unusual leaves. Could be some […]

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Eriocaulon stellulatum

Eriocaulon stellulatum Körn., Linnaea 27: 620 1856. (Syn: Eriocaulon stellulatum var. laosense Moldenke);     Kas week : Eriocaulon stellulatum SMP: Eriocaulon stellulatumFamily : Eriocaulaceae   eriocaulon stellutum, for validation:  eriocaulon stellutum hopefully at mahabeleshwar a few weeks ago Yes it is.   Kas week:: PKA39::- Eriocaulon stellulatum??: 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Could this […]

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Bupleurum gracillimum

Bupleurum gracillimum Klotzsch, Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 148 1862. (Syn: Bupleurum falcatum var. gracillimum (Klotzsch) H.Wolff; Bupleurum falcatum var. nigrocarpum C.B.Clarke; Bupleurum virgatum Wall. (ambiguous synonym)); Tibet, Pakistani Kashmir (Karakorum, Gilgit, Baltistan, Hunza), Jammu & Kashmir, Bhutan, N-Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Afghanistan (Wakhan, Kunar / Nuristan), Pakistan (Chitral), India (Himalayas) as per Catalogue of Life;   […]

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Oenothera lindheimeri (USA)

Oenothera lindheimeri (Engelm. & A. Gray) W. L. Wagner & Hoch, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83:213. 2007 (syn: (≡) Gaura lindheimeri Engelm. & A. Gray (basionym)) as per GRIN Gaura lindheimeri Engelm. & A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 217 1845. (Syn: Gaura filiformis var. munzii Cory; Oenothera lindheimeri (Engelm. & A. Gray) W.L. Wagner & […]

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Persicaria thunbergii (S. Korea)

Persicaria thunbergii (Siebold & Zucc.) H. Gross, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49:275. 1913 (syn: (≡) Polygonum thunbergii Siebold & Zucc.) as per GRIN;  Polygonum thunbergii Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 208 208 1846. (Syn: Helxine arifolia Raf.; Persicaria hastato-triloba Okuyama; Persicaria sinica Migo; Persicaria thunbergii (Siebold & Zucc.) H. Gross; Persicaria […]

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Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica (South Korea)

Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica Kitam. ex Hara, Enum. Sperm. Jap. 2: 260 (1952) 260 1952. (Syn: Solidago japonica Kitam.);      Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica_RKC01_02102012: Solidago virgaaurea ssp. asiatica Kitam. ex Hara Loc.: Daejeon, S. Korea Date: 19 August 2012 Thanks Ritesh ji for upload. Looks very similar to our plant. Would be interesting to […]

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Leptopetalum biflorum

Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr., (Syn: Gerontogea racemosa (Lam.) Cham. & Schltdl.; Gonotheca biflora (L.) Masam.; Hedyotis alsinifolia Zipp. ex Span.; Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lam.; Hedyotis biflora var. uniflora Kurz; Hedyotis blumeana Steud.; Hedyotis burmanniana Schult.; Hedyotis debilis Roem. & Schult.; Hedyotis dichotoma Cav.; Hedyotis gracilis DC. [Illegitimate]; Hedyotis media Cav.; Hedyotis multiflora Cav.; […]

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