• Collabium chinense

    Collabium chinense (Rolfe) Tang & F.T.Wang, in Fl. Hainan. 4: 217 1977. (Syn: Chrysoglossum robinsonii Ridl.; Collabiopsis chinensis (Rolfe) S.S.Ying; Collabiopsis uraiensis (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying; Collabium balansae (Gagnep.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Collabium uraiense Fukuy.; Nephelaphyllum chinense Rolfe; Tainia balansae Gagnep.; Tainia chinensis (Rolfe) Gagnep.); . S. China to Indo-China, N. Taiwan:…

  • Collabium

    Collabium chinense (Rolfe) Tang & F.T.Wang (S. China to Indo-China, N. Taiwan: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)  

  • Lonicera obovata

    Lonicera obovata Royle ex Hook. f. & Thomson,  J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2:169. 1858; . Common name: Blueberry Honeysuckle, Small Leaved Honeysuckle . Keys available in efi thread: Nearly 16 species are known in Uttarakhand and 14 in Himachal Pradesh (vide Chowdhery& Wadhwa, 1984). I am attaching a page…

  • Corydalis meifolia

    Corydalis meifolia Wall., Tent. Fl. Napal. 55 1826. (syn: Capnodes meifolium (Wall.) Kuntze; Corydalis meifolia var. sikkimensis Prain); . Common name: Threadleaf Corydalis . India (Lahul, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim), Nepal, S-Tibet, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . VoF Week: Corydalis meifolia fron…

  • Androsace delavayi

    Androsace delavayi Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 9: 456 1895. (Syn: Primula przewalskii Derganc); . Nepal to China (SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand as per BSI Flora of India; . Dense cushion forming plant…

  • Campanula aristata

    Campanula aristata Wall., Fl. Ind. 2: 98 1824. (Syn: Campanula aristata var. longisepala Marquand; Campanula cylindrica (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Nannf.; Wahlenbergia cylindrica Pax & K.Hoffm.); . VoF Week :: DV :: 03 AUG 12 – 0224 :: Campanula aristata along Hemakund – Ghangaria trail: Campanula aristata Wall. … (family: Campanulaceae)…

  • Scrophularia edgeworthii

    Scrophularia edgeworthii Benth., Prodr. 10: 304 1846. ; . W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Edgeworth’s Figwort . Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (Description & Keys- Scrophularia calycina, edgeworthii, himalayensis (himalensis in the Plant List), polyantha, exserta, obtusa, robusta, petraea, dentata, scoparia, nudata, stewartii,…

  • Lloydia longiscapa

    Lloydia longiscapa Hook., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 9: t. 834 1851. (Syn: Gagea pulchella Wall. [Invalid]); . VoF Week :: DV :: 03 AUG 12 – 1236 :: Lloydia longiscapa along Hemakund – Ghangaria trail: Lloydia longiscapa Hook. … (family: Liliaceae) 3 AUG 12 Hemakund – Ghangaria trail … about 13500…

  • Saxifraga melanocentra

    Saxifraga melanocentra Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 10(16): 263-264 263 1896. (Syn: Micranthes melanocentra (Franch.) Losinsk.; Micranthes pseudopallida (Engl. & Irmsch.) Losinsk.; Saxifraga atrata var. subcorymbosa Engl.; Saxifraga gageana W.W. Sm.; Saxifraga melanocentra f. angustispathulata Engl.; Saxifraga melanocentra f. franchetiana Engl. & Irmsch.; Saxifraga melanocentra f. pluriflora Engl. & Irmsch.; Saxifraga…

  • Pedicularis hoffmeisteri

    Pedicularis hoffmeisteri Klotzsch, B. Reise Pr. Waldem. 108, t. 60 (1862). (syn: Pedicularis megalantha var. hoffmeisteri (Klotzsch) Sealy); . Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), N-India as per Catalogue of life; . VoF Week :: Pedicularis bicornuta at Valley of Flowers: 5 images. Pedicularis bicornuta Klotzsch … (family: Orobanchaceae) 2 AUG 12 Valley…

  • Anaphalis margaritacea

    Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 303 (1873) 303 1873. (Syn: Anaphalis angustifolia Rydb.; Anaphalis cinnamomea (DC.) C.B.Clarke; Anaphalis japonica Maxim.; Anaphalis lanata (A.Nelson) Rydb.; Anaphalis margaritacea var. angustior (Miq.) Nakai …….; Anaphalis occidentalis (Greene) A.Heller; Anaphalis sierrae A.Heller; Anaphalis subalpina (A.Gray) Rydb.; Anaphalis timmua D.Don; Anaphalis timmua…

  • Saxifraga cernua

    Saxifraga cernua L., Sp. Pl. 403 1753.  (Syn: Lobaria cernua (L.) Haw.; Miscopetalum cernuum (L.) Gray; Saxifraga cernua f. bulbillosa Engl. & Irmsch.; Saxifraga cernua var. linnaeana Ser.; Saxifraga cernua f. ramosa J.G. Gmel.; Saxifraga cernua var. simplicissima Ledeb.; Saxifraga simulata Small); . Vof Week: 13092012 BS-2 Small Herb for…

  • Geranium collinum ?

    Geranium collinum Stephan ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 705 1800. (Syn: Geranium aconitifolium var. album B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.; Geranium acutilobum Coincy; Geranium collinum var. alpinum Regel; Geranium collinum var. londesii (Fisch. ex Link) Tzvelev; Geranium collinum var. wakhanicum Paulsen; Geranium collinum var. wakhanicum Pauls.; Geranium exul Rech.f. & Riedl; Geranium…

  • Viscum monoicum

    Viscum monoicum Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 278 278 1830. (syn: Phoradendron falcatum (Wall. ex DC.) Ettingsh.; Viscum benghalense Roxb. ex Wight. & Arn.; Viscum confertum Roxb.; Viscum falcatum Wall.); . China (W-Guangxi, S-Yunnan), Bangladesh, India (Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,…

  • Aspidopterys indica

    Aspidopterys indica (Willd.) W.Theob., Burmah ed. 3, 2: 599 1883. (Syn: Aspidopterys roxburghiana A.Juss.; Hiraea indica (Willd.) Roxb.; Triopterys indica Willd. (Unresolved)); . India: In open areas and forest margins. In primary and secondary forests, up to 1650 m. Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu as…

  • Euphrasia platyphylla

    Euphrasia platyphylla Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 5: 102 1943. ; . Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), NW-India, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . Euphrasia himalayica in FOI : 5 posts by 2 authors. To me Images of Euphrasia himalayica in FOI looks more closer to images and references at…

  • 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) &…