• Biggest change in efloraofindia

    Biggest change in efloraofindia: Biggest change in efloraofindia in past few years is that we are able to crack toughest of ids, where sufficient images and details are provided. Thanks to our national and international experts, our valued members and moderators and GBIF and greater availability of online resources. Also…

  • Sonchus species?- Rajouri, J and K

    Please have a look on this plant with white pappus like str from Rajouri jandk: 1 high res. image. Date : May 15 2021 Seems to Sonchus  Sp. Leaves deceiving ! Do you have any other images? Resembles with Fagus sp. Leaves are of Ficus species (palmata ?) and pappus…

  • Argostemma quarantena

    Argostemma quarantena Anoop Puthuparampil Balan, Robi A. J., Nanu Sasidharan, Webbia Journal of Plant taxonomy and Geography, Vol. 76 No. 1 (2021); . 144 ID wild plant: Please ID wild plant, Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400fsl Flower date: 20.08.2021, 03.25pm Habitat: wild, moisture,…

  • Euphorbia indica ?

    Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD 09042014 : Attachments (7). 6 posts by 3 authors. Please help me identifying the Euphorbiaceae herb – Euphorbia sp. attached herewith. Habit: Herb, prostrate Habitat: Road side waste land Leaves: 1 to 1.5 cm, Elliptic – oblong, glabrous, rounded tip, minutely serrated to crenulate, petiole…

  • Phoradendron leucarpum (USA) ?

    Phoradendron macrophyllum (Engelm.) Cockerell, Amer. Naturalist 34: 293 (1900) (syn: Phoradendron cockerellii Trel.; Phoradendron coloradense Trel.; Phoradendron flavescens subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) A.E.Murray; Phoradendron flavescens var. macrophyllum Engelm.; Phoradendron leucarpum subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) J.R.Abbott & R.L.Thomps.; Phoradendron longispicum Trel.; Phoradendron longispicum var. cyclophyllum Trel.; Phoradendron macrophyllum var. circulare Trel.; Phoradendron macrophyllum f. glabrata Trel.; Phoradendron macrophyllum var. jonesii Trel.; Phoradendron serotinum subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) Kuijt; Phoradendron serotinum var. macrophyllum (Engelm.) M.C.Johnst.; Phoradendron tomentosum subsp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) Wiens; Phoradendron tomentosum var. macrophyllum (Engelm.) L.D.Benson); . Oregon to…

  • USA- Cultivated shrub in California

    Ornamental Shrub for ID : Los Angeles : 12SEP21 : AK – 015: 1 image. While going through my California plants, I came across some which I had missed posting earlier. Cultivated shrub seen in the hotel garden.  

  • Leucoagaricus species- California, USA

    Mushroom for ID : Fremont : 12SEP21 : AK – 014: 2 images. While going through my California plants, I came across some which I had missed posting earlier. Mushrooms seen growing wild in an open ground. Seems Leucoagaricus. Picture of stipe attached with the pileus required. Unfortunately,  these are the…

  • Eriobotrya japonica ?

    Tree for ID : San Francisco : 12SEP21 : AK – 013: 2 images. Tree seen in San Francisco. Is it Eriobotrya japonica? I think looks different from images at Eriobotrya japonica I think E. japonica is a very variable species, sensitive to growing conditions.  It’s the only widely cultivated Eriobotrya…

  • Echium species- San Francisco, USA

    Wild Plants for ID : San Francisco : 08SEP21 : AK – 002: 2 images. Seen growing wild in San Francisco. Echium Species? Does not look like Echium. Pl. post high res. images to see the details. This is similar to my post from the Golden Gate Park, I had posted…

  • Goodyera marginata

    Goodyera marginata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 493 1840. (syn: Orchiodes marginatum (Lindl.) Kuntze); . Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan): China South-Central, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Flora of Chakrata 2013- Goodyera repens for validaion. :  Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors. This small terrestrial orchid with variegated…

  • Vigna grahamiana

    Vigna grahamiana (Wight & Arn.)Verdc., Kew Bull. 24: 562 (1970) (syn: Dolichos grahamianus (Wight & Arn.)Niyomdham; Dolichos subcarnosus Wight & Arn.; Phaseolus grahamianus Wight & Arn.); . Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Tropical Africa, India to Thailand, Sri Lanka: Bangladesh, Burundi, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka,…

  • Podocarpus species- California, USA

    Tree for ID : Los Angeles : 10SEP21 : AK – 009: 2 images. While going through my California plants, I found some I had missed earlier. An avenue tree seen in Los Angeles. Any chance Callistemon sp., No, I don’t think it’s Callistemon. I was thinking of Podocarpus Species or something similar….

  • Nothopegia heyneana ?

    Identification of tree from Eastern Ghats: 1 image. please help in identifying the Anacardisceae member. May be Nothopegia. Place of collection: Mahendragiri hill Gajapati Altitude: 1300 m amsl Height of tree: 20 to 25 ft. Flowering: May and June Fruiting: August Yes, it’s Nothopegia only …, Check with N. heyneana,…

  • Psychotria pendula

    Psychotria pendula Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 164 1880. (syn: Uragoga depressiglobosa Kuntze; Uragoga pendula (Hook.f.) Kuntze); Andaman Islands as per POWO; . Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-obovate or lanceolate abruptly obtusely acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, nerves 12-16 pair, axils imperforate, cymes peduncled terminal, fruiting pendulous very long, rachis and very short…

  • Apocynaceae member?- Ghyampe Dada, Bhaktapur, Nepal

    SK 2939 04 August 2021: 9 very high res. images. Location: Ghyampe Dada, Bhaktapur Altitude: 1904m. Date: 31 July 2021 Habit : Wild Try Apocynaceae like Telosma It is not Apocynaceae since no white sap. What else? No idea at all ! Any idea about the family?  

  • Epipogium aphyllum ?

    Epipogium aphyllum Sw.,  Summa Veg. Scand. 32 1814. (syn: Epipactis epipogium (L.) All.; Epipogium aphyllum f. albiflorum Y.N.Lee & K.S.Lee; Limodorum epipogium (L.) Sw.; Orchis aphylla F.W.Schmidt; Satyrium epipogium L.; Serapias epigogium (L.) Steud.); . Temp. Eurasia: Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East…

  • Colocasia species- Surkhet, West Nepal

    SK 2952 08 September 2021: 6 very high res. images. Location: Surkhet, West Nepal Altitude: 652m. Date: 11 August 2021 Habit : Wild Colocasia fallax Schott ?? … may be able to confirm or otherwise pl. This looks very unusual to me, though it is hard to judge colour in…

  • Hand Book on weed identification by Dr. V.S.G.R. Naidu

    Weed identification: 1 attachment. Weed Identification.pdf Citation : Naidu, V.S.G.R. 2012, Hand Book on Weed Identification Directorate of Weed Science Research, Jabalpur, India Pp 354. Thanks … for this extremely useful information.

  • Dioscorea species- Tatulia, Panchagar, Bangladesh

    Fwd: [efloraofindia:188245] Climber ID from Bangladesh 120513SM4 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3). Habit: Climber Habitat: Climbing on the plants of scrub jungle Flowering: Monsoon Location: Tatulia,Panchagar Dioscorea sp. ‎Dioscorea‎ species in efi so far. I guess this Dioscorea glabra Roxb. ! Dioscorea alata L. I think it looks different from images at D.alata One of the…

  • Impatiens species- Mawmrang, Mizoram

    MS,Aug.,2021/21 Impatiens sp. for id.: 3 images. Location : Mawmrang, Mizoram Date : 08-11-2019 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Spur is not visible. Do you have any other images showing the spur? It may same with these images 3 images. Could not find a match as per comparative images…