Madhuca species ?; Is this a grafted Madhuca Indica sapling?: We had visited SFRI, Jabalpur this week for obtaining a grafted ‘Madhuca indica’ sapling but were told this would not be possible for them to provide now as they had to meet their targets for the panchayat etc. So we decided to come back […]
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Cassiope fastigiata
Cassiope fastigiata (Wall.) D.Don , Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 156 1834. (Syn: Andromeda fastigiata Wall.); A much-branched tufted shrublet usually less than 20 cm tall with closely packed thick small leaves arranged in four rows; flowers axillary, pendent, white on up to 7 mm long pedicels; calyx with brown to purple oblong-ovate, 4-5 […]
Cassiope
Cassiope fastigiata (Wall.) D.Don
Lentinus tigrinus ?
Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr., 1825 (syn: Agaricus dunalii DC., 1815 ..; Agaricus tigrinus Bull., 1782; Clitocybe tigrina (Bull.) P. Kumm., 1871; Lentinus dunalii (DC.) Fr., 1825; Lentinus fimbriatus Curr., 1863; Lentinus tigrinus var. dunalii (DC.) Rea, 1922 (ambiguous synonym) ….; Omphalia tigrina (Bull.) Gray, 1821; Panus tigrinus (Bull.) Singer, 1951; Pleurotus tigrinus (Bull.) Kühner, 1980; Pocillaria […]
Silene species
flora-Australia 8 : A herb `Silene.-F-Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae Week: 08122012GS1 Silene for ID from Kashmir: Please help in the ID of this species. Cultivated annual barely 25 cm tall with pink small flowers barely 5-8 mm broad. Photographed from Garden in Srinagar, Kashmir
Saussurea albescens
Saussurea albescens (DC.) Sch.Bip., Linnaea 19: 330 1846. (Syn: Aplotaxis albescens DC.; Himalaiella albescens (DC.) (Unresolved)); Tall perennial herb reaching 3 m with several stems from base; leaves linear, lanceolate, elliptic to oblong, lower petioled and sinuately lobed, upper entire and nearly sessile, up to 30 cm long, white woolly beneath; Flower-heads purplish, subcylindrical, up […]
Opuntia species
Opuntia mickeyum 922011 – UD 001: for your perusal …. Date/Time- 9 2 2011 named Photo from 2008 summer Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Sea level Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Nursery Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- small plant, just starting out Height/Length- 10 inches at the most Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- roundish Inflorescence […]
Leptospermum juniperinum (Cultivated- Australia)
Leptospermum juniperinum Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 263 1797. (Syn: Leptospermum acerosum Schauer ex Otto & A.Dietr.; Leptospermum aciculare S.Schauer; Leptospermum aciculare var. majus S.Schauer; Leptospermum aciculare var. minor S.Schauer; Leptospermum scoparium var. aciculare (S.Schauer) Domin; Leptospermum scoparium var. juniperinum (Sm.) Domin); Flora-Australia-6: Shrub in the Western Sydney campus Leptospermum juniperinum. Family-Myrtaceae […]
Cyathodium
Targioniaceae
Spatholobus purpureus
Spatholobus purpureus Prain (Syn: Butea purpurea (Prain) Blatt.); India (N) ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Maharashtra ; Tamil Nadu ; Myanmar (N) as per ILDIS; ANAPR28 Spatholobus purpureus Benth. ex Baker : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (8). Family: FabaceaeDate: 5th April 2015Place: Agumbe, KarnatakaHabit: LianaIdentified by: … References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-50354?ref=tpl1 […]
Doryphora sassafras (Australia)
Doryphora sassafras Endl., Iconogr. Gen. Pl. 1: t. 10 1837. (Syn: Atherosperma sassafras A.Cunn. ex A.DC.); Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Flowers of Australia: sending photo of endemic tree of Australia– `Doryphora sassafras`-family-Monimiaceae flowers have pleasant essence. Photo taken in `Minnamurra rain forest`. […]
Doryphora
Doryphora sassafras Endl. (Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))
Atherospermataceae
Doryphora sassafras Endl. (Australia) (Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))
Diospyros crumenata
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Diospyros crumenata Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 179 1860.; Image by Pranay Rao Malayalam: Karimaram Kannada: Thumri Evergreen dioecious trees, to 25 m high, bark 4 mm thick, black, thin scaly with small depression, blaze creamy yellow turning to brown on exposure; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 7-13 […]
Artemisia amygdalina
Artemisia amygdalina Decne., 1843. ; Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Artemisia amygdalina critically Endangered Endemic species from Kashmir: 10 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (3) Artemisia amygdalina Decne., Voy. Ind. Bot. 4: 92. t. 100. 1843 A rare interesting species from […]
Begonia andamensis
Begonia andamensis Parish ex C.B.Clarke , Fl. Brit. India 2: 650 1879. ; Images by Manudev Madhavan Begonia andamensis Parish ex C.B.Clarke: Last week, Begonia andamensis Parish ex C.B.Clarke, endemic to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, flowered in my garden. Sharing the photos here… Wonderful pictures of a rare plant. Begonia andamensis Parish ex […]
Nymphaea species/ hybrids
ID Pls – grown unknowingly at my garden fish tank after adding pond soil into it. Is it any water lily OR any Water Hyacinth ?: pls help me to identify the attached plant , grown unknowingly at my garden fish tank after adding pond soil into it. Is it any water lily OR […]
Impatiens balfourii
Impatiens balfourii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 129: t. 7878 1903.; Images by Alok Mahendroo Chamba heights al200811a… impatiens: Another Impatiens for id.. location Chamba Altitude 3500 mts Habit herb Habitat wild Plant height 2 feet I think this is the same species as the one which is there in the unidentified list at […]
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri (Cultivated)
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9 16: 364-366 364 1912. (Syn: Kalanchoe adolphi-engleri Raym.-Hamet); Common name: palm beachbells, Donkey Ears, Life Plant Images by Bhagyashri Ranade ”For Id 15122011MR1’’ ? Kalanchoe daigremontiana inflorescence Pune: Nov 2011 potted plant at a private society at Pune ?Kalanchoe daigremontiana inflorescence spike […]
