Aquilegia fragrans Benth., Botanist 4: t. 181 1840. (Syn: Aquilegia glauca Lindl.; Aquilegia glauca var. himalayica Rapaics; Aquilegia kanaoriensis var. suaveolens Cambess.; Aquilegia suaveolens Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var. fragrans (Benth.) Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var. fragrans (Benth.) Aitch.; Aquilegia vulgaris var. glauca Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var. himalaica Brühl; Aquilegia vulgaris var….
Ulex europaeus L. (Syn: Ulex armoricanus Mabille; Ulex compositus Moench; Ulex europaea L. [Spelling variant]; Ulex europaeus subsp. borealis Rothm.; Ulex floridus Salisb.; Ulex hibernicus G.Don; Ulex major Thore; Ulex opistholepis Webb; Ulex strictus J.Mackay; Ulex vernalis Thore); . India (I) ; Himachal Pradesh ; Punjab; Sikkim ; Tamil Nadu; West…
IUCN Red List Status: EN (Endangered) . Syzygium stocksii (Duthie) Gamble, Fl. Madras: 481 (1919) (syn: Eugenia stocksii Duthie; Syzygium travancoricum Gamble); . W. & S. India as per POWO; . PLEASE IDENTIFY THE SYZYGIUM: THIS IS PLANT WITH QUADRANGULAR STEM. Sterile specimens are difficult to identify. Do you have the flower?…
Schisandra grandiflora (Wall.) Hook. f. & Thomson, J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1:44. 1872 “Schizandra” (Syn: Kadsura grandiflora Wall.; Sphaerostema grandiflorum (Wall.) Bl.); China (SW-Yunnan), S-Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, ?Burma, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Evergreen climbing shrubs, usually glabrous,…
Pteris venusta Kunze , Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 195-196 195 1848.; . SW. & S. India, Andaman Islands to W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Borneo, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya as per POWO; . PLEASE ID FERN: THIS IS AN UNDERGROWTH IN EVERGREEN FOREST. PHOTO AT SAWANTWADI IN DECEMBER. It…
Pseudognaphalium affine (D. Don) Anderberg, Opera Bot. 104: 146. 1991. (Syn: Gnaphalium affine D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 173. 1825; G. confusum Candolle; G. javanum Candolle; G. luteoalbum Linnaeus subsp. affine (D. Don) J. Koster; G. luteoalbum var. multiceps (Wallich ex Candolle) J. D. Hooker; G. multiceps Wallich ex Candolle;…
Stachys tibetica Vatke , Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 33: 447 1875. (syn: Menitskia tibetica (Vatke) Krestovsk.); . Shrub for ID (21/06/2011 NSJ-03): Shrub from ID from Ladakh. Found near Leh on Kargil-Leh roadside. Stachys tibetica Vatke locally known as ‘Yaktse’ used as fodder Stachys tibetica: Seen this herb at Leh and…
Desideria himalayensis (Cambess.) Al-Shehbaz, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87: 555 2000 publ. 2001. (Syn: Cheiranthus himalaicus Hook. f. & Thomson; Cheiranthus himalayensis Cambess.; Christolea himalayensis (Cambess.) Jafri; Ermania himalayensis (Cambess.) O.E.Schulz; Oreoblastus himalayensis (Cambess.) Suslova;Parrya himalayensis (Cambess.) Rupr. ex Maxim.; Solms-laubachia himalayensis (Cambess.) J.P.Yue, Al-Shehbaz & H. Sun); . ….
Polygala erioptera DC., Prodr. 1: 326 1824. (Syn: Polygala arabica Edgew.; Polygala erioptera f. fallax Roberty; Polygala leptorhiza DC.; Polygala linearis R. Br.; Polygala multibracteata Wall.; Polygala noucherensis Cambess.; Polygala nubica Hochst. ex Chod. (ambiguous synonym); Polygala nubica Hochst. ex Oliver (ambiguous synonym); Polygala obtusata DC.; Polygala oligantha A. Rich.;…
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Iphigenia stellata Blatt., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 32: 734 1928.; . ¿ if-uh-juh-NY-uh ? — ¿ the genus named for ? daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon … Wiktionary … derivation not clear stell-AY-tuh — with spreading, star-like rays … Dave’s Botanary . commonly…
Iphigenia pallida Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 451 1879.; . Pale Grass Lily • Marathi: Bhui chakra, Markallai • Tamil: Nir panai; . As per efi thread: As suggested …, following is the complete key: 1. Perianth purple, segments linear – subdulate or elliptic -linear: 2. Stems branched; filaments…
Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC., Prodr. 1: 445 1824. (syn: Malvaviscus arboreus var. longifolius Schery; Malvaviscus arboreus var. penduliflorus (DC.) Schery; Malvaviscus arboreus subsp. penduliflorus (DC.) Hadač; Malvaviscus longifolius Garcke [Illegitimate]; Malvaviscus longifolius (A. St.-Hil.) Spach); . Common name: Pendulous Sleeping Hibiscus . The species is very close to and often confused…
Keys as per BSI Flora of India and Flora of Pakistan . Myricaria bracteata Royle (Krym to SW. Siberia and W. & N. China: Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Qinghai, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO) Myricaria rosea W….
Jasminum cordifolium Wall. & G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 60 1837. (Syn: Jasminum erectiflorum A.DC.; Jasminum glabellum Wall. [Invalid]; Jasminum malabaricum var. lawii C.B.Clarke); . India as per WCSP; . Scandent shrubs; twigs glabrous. Leaves to 10 x 6.5 cm, broadly ovate, acuminate, truncate or cordate at base; nerves 3 or…
Briza media L., Sp. Pl. 70 1753. (Syn: Briza anceps L. ex Munro [Invalid]; Briza australis Prokudin; Briza elatior Sibth. & Sm. ..; Briza lutescens Foucault [Invalid]; Briza media var. albida Lej. ………….; Briza pauciflora Schur [Invalid]; Briza pilosa Schur; Briza serotina (H.C.Hall) Dumort.; Briza tremula Lam.; Briza viridis Pall. ex Steud….
Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae 84 1837. (Syn: Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze; Curculigo foliis-variegatis Pynaert; Curculigo fuziwarae Yamam.; Curculigo glabra Merr.; Curculigo recurvata W.T.Aiton; Curculigo recurvata var. variegatea W.Bull; Curculigo strobiliformis D.Fang & D.H.Qin; Curculigo sumatrana Roxb.; Leucojum capitulatum Lour.; Molineria hortensis Britton; Molineria plicata Colla; Molineria recurvata (Dryand.) Herb.;…
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 448 1867. (syn: Hexacentris mysorensis Wight; Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T. Anderson ex Bedd.); . Acantheceae week: Thunbergia mysorensis – Mysore Clock Vine: Acantheceae week: Thunbergia mysorensis – Mysore Clock Vine Native Climber 03 Mar 2011 Bengaluru Here’s my picture of Thunbergia…
Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC., Contributions to the Botany of India 14 1834. (Syn: Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC.; Blumea bodinieri Vaniot; Blumea cernua DC.; Blumea cinerascens DC.; Blumea commersonii Edgew.; Blumea cuneifolia DC.; Blumea dregeana DC.; Blumea elongata DC.; Blumea fontinalis Edgew.; Blumea glandulosa DC.; Blumea heyneana DC.; Blumea hieraciifolia…
Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 738 1835. (Syn: Ruyschiana heterophylla (Benth.) House); . wild flower from Tsokar mm1 10 06 2011: 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) These photographs were taken in july 2008 during a trip to ladakh. This particular flower is from Tsokar Would really appreciate…
Perovskia abrotanoides Kar., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 15 1841.; . As per efi thread: 1a. Leaves deeply incised or pinnatisect; calyx softly woolly. 1. P. abrotanoides 1b. Leaves crenate serrate, rarely shortly incised; calyx hispid. 2. P. atriplicifolia . Wild flower for id, mm3 10 06 2011: These…