• Impatiens devendrae

    Impatiens devendrae Pusalkar, Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010; . Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary (id by Wojciech) (Rosa form)      Impatiens bicolor_RKC_030611: Impatiens bicolor Balsaminaceae  Loc.: On way to Churdhar, Himachal Pradesh, ca 1500 msl. Date: August, 2010. I don’t think so. I checked many pictures and descriptions. I. bicolor should…

  • Acacia melanoxylon

    Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. (Syn: Acacia arcuata Spreng.; Acacia melanoxylon var. arcuata (Spreng.) Ser.; Acacia melanoxylon var. obtusifolia Ser.; Acacia melanoxylum R.Br. [Spelling variant]; Mimosa melanoxylon (R.Br.) Poir.; Mimosa melanoxylum Poir.; Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) C.Mart.; Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Pedley); . a-KAY-see-uh or uh-KAY-shuh — Greek: akis – point, barb, thorny, spiny ……

  • Ligularia amplexicaulis

    Ligularia amplexicaulis (Wall.) DC., Prodr. (DC.) 6: 314 314 1838. (syn: Arnica amplexicaulis Wall. ex DC. (ambiguous synonym); Ligularia corymbosa DC.; Ligularia yakla (C. B. Cl.) V. Singh & P. Singh; Senecillis amplexicaulis (DC.) Kitam.;Senecio amplexicaulis Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Senecio yakla C. B. Cl.); . Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Jammu),…

  • Ligularia

    Ligularia amplexicaulis DC. (Images by Nidhan Singh, Prashant Awale, Balkar Singh, Dinesh Valke & Mani Nair (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  Ligularia fischeri (Ledeb.) Turcz. (Images by Nidhan Singh, Balkar Singh (id by Gurcharan Singh & Gunjan Sud), Prashant Awale, Dinesh Valke (Id by Prashant Awale) &…

  • Leonurus cardiaca (USA/ Canada)

    Leonurus cardiaca L., Sp. Pl. 584 1753. (Syn: Cardiaca crispa (Murray) Moench; Cardiaca glabra Gilib. [Invalid]; Cardiaca stachys Medik.; Cardiaca trilobata Lam.; Cardiaca vulgaris Moench; Lamium cardiaca (L.) Baill.; Leonurus aconitifolius Schltdl. ex Ledeb.; Leonurus campestris Andrz. ex Benth.; Leonurus canescens Dumort.; Leonurus cardiaca var. canescens (Dumort.) T.Durand …..; Leonurus crispus…

  • Pedicularis bicornuta

    Pedicularis bicornuta Klotzsch, Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 109 1862. (syn: Pedicularis eximia Watt); , Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral, Swat, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Deosai, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Zanskar, Poonch, Kashmir), N-India, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Baghlan, Kunar / Nuristan, Parwan), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Horned Lousewort…

  • Codonopsis rotundifolia

    Codonopsis rotundifolia Benth., Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. t. 62 1835. (Syn: Codonopsis lurida Lindl.; Codonopsis rotundifolia var. angustifolia Nannf.; Codonopsis rotundifolia var. grandiflora Hook.; Glosocomia lurida (Lindl.) Lindl.; Glosocomia rotundifolia (Benth.) Rupr.; Wahlenbergia lurida (Lindl.) G.Manetti; Wahlenbergia rotundifolia (Benth.) A.DC.); . Images by Urvashi Thakur (1-ID by Nidhan Singh), Prashant…

  • Indigofera trita subsp. scabra

    Indigofera trita subsp. scabra (Roth) De Kort & G.Thijsse (Syn: Indigofera keyensis Small; Indigofera laotica Gagnep.; Indigofera mucronata var. keyensis (Small) Isely; Indigofera mucronata var. mucronata DC.; Indigofera rutschuruensis De Wild.; Indigofera subulata auct. non Poir.; Indigofera trita var. scabra (Roth) Ali); . India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka ; Madhaya…

  • Bupleurum hamiltonii

    Bupleurum hamiltonii N.P.Balakr., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 63: 328 1967. (Syn: Bupleurum chevalieri Cherm.; Bupleurum flexuosum Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Bupleurum hamiltonii var. attenuata (Nasir) P.K.Mukh.; Bupleurum tenue Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [Illegitimate]; Bupleurum tenue var. attenuatum Nasir; Zigara tenuis (Salisb.) Rafin.); . China (Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), S-Tibet, Jammu…

  • Cynanchum auriculatum

    Cynanchum auriculatum Royle ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India 58 1834. (Syn: Cynanchum auriculatum var. sinense T.Yamaz.; Cynanchum saccatum W.T.Wang; Diploglossum auriculatum (Royle ex Wight) Meisn.; Endotropis auriculata (Royle ex Wight) Decne.; Vincetoxicum auriculatum (Royle ex Wight) Kuntze); . sigh-NAN-chum — from the Greek kyon (dog) and ancho (to strangle) … Dave’s Botanaryaw-rik-yoo-LAY-tum — shaped like an ear,…

  • Sonchus wightianus

    Sonchus wightianus DC., 187 1838. (Syn: Sonchus picris H.Lév. & Vaniot; Sonchus wightianus subsp. wightianus ; Sonchus lingianus C. Shih; S. picris H. Léveillé & Vaniot; S. wallichianus Candolle; S. wightianus subsp. wallichianus (Candolle) Boulos; Sonchus arvensis auct. non L.; Hook. f. Flora Br. Ind. 3: 414. 1881, p.p.); . As…

  • Rosa banksiae (Cultivated)

    Rosa banksiae R. Br. ex Aiton, Hort. Kew. (ed. 2) 3: 258 258 1811. (Syn: Rosa banksiae var. albo-plena Rehd.; Rosa banksiana C. Abel; Rosa fragariiflora Ser. ex DC.; Rosa inermis Roxb.); . China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Nepal (I), Thailand (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Transcaucasus (I), Japan (I), Mexico (I), Korea…

  • Gymnocalycium mihanovichii

    Gymnocalycium mihanovichii (Fric ex Gürke) Britton & Rose, Cact. 3: 153 1922. (Syn: Echinocactus mihanovichii Fric & Gürke; Gymnocalycium friedrichii (Werderm.) Pazout [Invalid]; Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. albiflorum Pazout; Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. filadelfiense Backeb.; Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii Werderm.); . Flora of Chandigarh: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii red cap from Botanical Garden Chandigarh:…

  • Kaempferia species ?- Baturraden, Indonesia

        Baturraden Plant – Araceae: A climbing Araceae on the wall. No flower is seen. ID is needed. If I am allowed one wild guess then this looks like a Kaempferia sp.

  • Lepidagathis hamiltoniana

    Lepidagathis hamiltoniana Wall. (Unresolved), Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 96 1832. (Syn: Lepidagathis beddomei T.Anderson; Ruellia radicalis Buch.-Ham. ex Nees); . Endemic to India. A critical study of the description provided in the state and regional Floras of India, and examination of specimens housed at the national and international herbaria (digital images) show…

  • Amomum nilgiricum

    Amomum nilgiricum Thomas VP, Sabu M, Prabhu Kumar KM (2012); . India (Kerala) as per POWO (Meistera nilgirica (V.P.Thomas & M.Sabu) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman); . A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest of Western Ghats of South India: A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest of…

  • Colquhounia coccinea

    Colquhounia coccinea Wall., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 608 1822.; . koh-HOO-nee-uh — named for Sir Robert Colquhoun, a 19th century patron of the Calcutta Botanical Garden … Dave’s Botanary kok-SIN-ee-uh — scarlet … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Himalayan mint shrub • Nepali: धुचु dhuchu, फूलपात phulpat, फुल्तिसो phultiso, सानो तुषारे sano tushare, झिप झिप jhip jhip . Colquhounia coccinea…

  • Pyrrosia piloselloides

    Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G. Price, Kalikasan 3: 176 176 1975. (Syn: Drymoglossum piloselloides (L.) C. Presl; Drymoglossum piloselloides var. platycerioides Z. Teruya; Drymoglossum rotundifolium C. Presl; Elaphoglossum piloselloides (L.) Keyserl.; Lemmaphyllum piloselloides (L.) Luerss.; Notholaena piloselloides (L.) Kaulf. ex Kaulf.; Oetosis piloselloides (L.) Kuntze; Pteris piloselloides L.; Pteropsis piloselloides (L.) Desv.;…

  • Callicarpa longifolia

    Callicarpa longifolia Lam., Encycl. 1: 563 1785. (Syn: Callicarpa albida Blume; Callicarpa attenuata Wall. ex Walp.; Callicarpa attenuifolia Elmer; Callicarpa blumei Zoll. & Moritzi; Callicarpa horsfieldii Turcz.; Callicarpa japonica var. rhombifolia H.J.Lam; Callicarpa lanceolaria Roxb. ex Hornem.; Callicarpa lanceolaria Roxb.; Callicarpa longifolia var. areolata H.J.Lam ….; Callicarpa oblongifolia Hassk.; Callicarpa rhynchophylla…

  • Hedychium stenopetalum

    Hedychium stenopetalum Lodd., Bot. Cab. 20: t. 1902 1833. (Syn: Hedychium barbatum Wall. [Invalid]; Hedychium elatum var. orgyale Horan.); . Bhutan to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . ID please from Jeypur RF, Assam: Please identify this Zingiber species. Plants big, 1-2m long, flowering in the…