Plantago species- Palampur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Request for identification Mixed thread. 1 correct image as above. Location palampur kangra himachal pradesh date 22 November 2020……. Plantago lanceolata L. ?? It is difficult to identify Plantago species based on lef only. Pl. see the keys in Flora of Pakistan. What are the species reported in your area? Reply from …: 1. Only plantago major is […]

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Burmannia coelestis

Burmannia coelestis D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 44 1825. (syn: Burmannia azurea Griff.; Burmannia bifurca Ham. ex Hook.f.; Burmannia borneensis Gand.; Burmannia candida var. caerulea Hook.f. ex F.N.Williams; Burmannia javanica Blume; Burmannia malaccensis Gand.; Burmannia selebica Becc.; Burmannia triflora Roxb.; Burmannia uniflora Rottler ex Spreng.; Burmannia urazii Masam.; Cryptonema malaccensis Turcz.; Nephrocoelium malaccensis (Turcz.) Turcz.); . Nepal to Caroline […]

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Chlorophytum nilgheriensis

Chlorophytum nilgheriensis Adsul and S R Yadav as per efi thread;. . Nilgiris: Lilliaceae for identification 180113MK01: Please help me to identify this herb found in the high reaches of Nilgiris. Flower: 1.5 cm across Date: 20 Oct 2012 Place: Western Catchement, Nilgiris, TN Alt.: 2345 m asl May be a sp. of Ophiopogon. Some Chlorophytum sp. may […]

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Argostemma species- Mizoram (Argostemma courtallense ?)

MS, Dec.,2020/02 Herb for id.: 2 images- 1 high res. Location : Sairep Date : 07-06-2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Check with Gentianaceae Gesneriaceae ?? If the leaves opposite could be a Boraginaceae member, It seems opposite leaves If the leaves alternate could be a Boraginaceae member, It seems opposite leaves Flowers look similar […]

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Gynura aurantiaca ‘Silver leaf’ ?

Gynura aurantiaca ‘Silver leaf’ ? . Asteraceae sp for ID- 171211-PKA1: Seen this herb at “Veer Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai”. Family: Asteraceae Date/Time: 17-12-2011 / 10:45AM Location: Veer Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai Habitat: Seen in Nursery Plant Habit: Herb ( approx. 40 cm in height), stem reddish brown Crassocephalum crepidioides (Bth.) S. Moore, except that leaves look rather different. … Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. […]

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Begonia (Semperflorens-Cultorum group)

Begonia (Semperflorens-Cultorum group); . Common name: Wax Begonia, Fibrous Begonia, bedding begonia, perpetual begonia . Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Saroj Kasaju) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Begonia for ID : Kodaikanal : 041012 : AK-2:  A cultivated, potted Begonia seen at Kodaikanal on 23/10/2008 with Pink flowers. may be Begonia grandis […]

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Ptilotus exaltatus (Australia)

Ptilotus exaltatus Nees, Pl. Preiss. 1: 630 1845. (syn: Ptilotus alopecuroideus (Lindl.) F. Müll.; Trichinium alopecuroideum Lindl.; Trichinium candicans Nees; Trichinium conicum Lindl.; Trichinium exaltatum (Nees) Benth.; Trichinium macrocephalum Moq.; Trichinium pallidum Moq.; Trichinium preissii Nees); . Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) as per Catalogue of Life; . Ptilotus […]

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Impatiens siangensis

Impatiens siangensis Gogoi, Phytotaxa 192: 117 (2015); . Arunachal Pradesh as per POWO; . Common name: Siang Balsam . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week :: RKC_05 :: 10 MAR 13 :: Balsaminaceae » Impatiens sp. 5 from Arunachal: Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. Impatiens sp. for ID plz. Balsaminaceae Loc.: On way to Seijosa, (ca 500 m); East Kameng […]

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Phlomoides spectabilis

Phlomoides spectabilis (Falc. ex Benth.) Kamelin & Makhm.,  Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 75: 245 1990. (syn: Phlomis cachemeriana Benth.;  Phlomis spectabilis Falc. ex Benth.); . E. Afghanistan to Himalaya: Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . As per efi thread: Bracts are linear in Phlomis spectabilis (and subulate as in P. […]

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Chamaecrista species ?- Nasik, Maharashtra

Small Plant for ID : Nasik : 09DEC20 : AK-19 2 images. Seen in the grasslands. The pods remind me of Chamaecrista pumila, which I had posted earlier. ID looks matching Yes … How did you arrive at the id without seeing the no. of leaflets, position of glands and stamens as per Chamaecrista Do you have […]

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Launaea species- Punjab (?)

  I’d please : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Plz identify  ..us it dandelion ? Pl. check at /species/a—l/ar/asteraceae/cichorioideae/cichorieae/taraxacum/taraxacum-officinale Launaea sp. ? Yes, appears so as per comparative images at Launaea

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Aralia thomsonii

Aralia thomsonii Seem. ex C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2: 723 1879. (syn: Aralia thomsonii var. brevipedicellata K.M.Feng; Aralia thomsonii var. integerrima Ha; Aralia thomsonii var. petiolulata Ha); . SE. India, E. Himalaya to China (Yunnan, Guangxi) and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS Aug.,2017/03 Aralia sp. for Id. […]

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Eleocharis geniculata ?

Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 150 1817. (syn: Bulbostylis capitata (L.) Steven, comb. not made.; Bulbostylis geniculatus (L.) Steven, comb. not made.; Chlorocharis capitata (L.) Rikli ; Chlorocharis geniculata (L.) Rikli;  Cyperus capitatus (L.) Burm.f. ex B.D.Jacks., not validly publ.; Eleocharis brizantha Steud.; Eleocharis capitata (L.) R.Br.; Eleocharis capitata var. dispar (E.J.Hill) Fernald; Eleocharis […]

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Mitragyna rotundifolia

Mitragyna rotundifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 289 1891. (syn: Bancalus rotundifolius (Roxb.) Kuntze; Mitragyna brunonis (Wall. ex G.Don) Craib; Nauclea brunonis Wall. ex G.Don; Nauclea rotundifolia Roxb. ); . Darjiling to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . […]

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Impatiens uncipetala

Impatiens uncipetala C. B. Cl. ex Hook. fil., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 18 1905. ; . E. Nepal to China (NW. Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO; . Common name: Hook-Petal Balsam . Annual herbs, about 20-40 cm tall. Stems erect, slender, thickened at nodes, sparsely branched, glabrous. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, about 1.5-4 […]

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Impatiens decipiens

Impatiens decipiens Hook. fil.,  Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 17 1905. ; . E. Himalaya as per POWO; . NE-India (Bengal), Sikkim, Darjeeling as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Deceptive Balsam . Impatiens species (mixed thread): 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 correct image as above. This impatiens have been shot from Sikkim by my […]

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Tricholepis chaetolepis

Tricholepis chaetolepis (Boiss.) Wendelbo, Österr. Bot. Z. 97 251 1950. (syn: Jurinea chaetolepis Boiss.; Stechmannia chaetolepis (Boiss.) Sojak; Tricholepis chaetolepis (Boiss.) Rech. fil.; Tricholepis spartoides C. B. Cl.; Tricholepis toppinii Dunn); . India (NW-Himalaya), Pakistan (Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit), Afghanistan (Kabul, Nangarhar) as per Catalogue of life; . Request for identification of Tricholepis species. 1 image. […]

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Orchidaceae member- Kathmandu, Nepal

SK 2853 07 December 2020 – Orchidaceae 3 images. Location: Kathmandu, Nepal   Date: 07 December 2020 Altitude: 1400 m. What would this be ? NO NO, DO NOT CUT THE SIDES Only one flower left but Dry. 1 image. What was it anyway? What was the tentative id? I could not decide!

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