• Barbella species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK 3705 14 March 2023 – Moss: 3 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 11 March 2023 Altitude: 1586m. Habitat : Wild  Looks like a Barbella sp. May be Barbella bombycina. This sp. is not recorded in Nepal. I could not find it.  

  • Alnus rhombifolia (USA)

    Alnus rhombifolia Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 33 (1842) (syn: Alnus californica (Regel) H.J.P.Winkl. ; Alnus glutinosa lusus californica Regel ; Alnus rhombifolia var. bernardina Munz & I.M.Johnst. ; Alnus rhombifolia var. ovalis H.J.P.Winkl. ; Alnus rhombifolia var. typica Callier); . W. U.S.A. to Mexico (N. Baja California): California, Idaho, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Oregon, Washington as per POWO; . Alnus rhombifolia from…

  • Freesia ‘Fragrant Sunburst’ (USA)

    Clivia miniata var. flava from California-GS12032023-3: 5 very high res. Clivia miniata var. flava photographed from Fremont, California, USA No, this is different as per images at https://pza.sanbi.org/clivia-miniata-var-citrina https://powo.science.kew.org/names:994513-1 Somewhat appeared close to (but different): https://efloraofindia.com/2012/05/01/crocosmia-crocosmiiflora/ Thanks … for prompting me for recheck, it is Freesia ‘Fragrant Sunburst’  

  • Freesia × kewensis

    Freesia × kewensis J.Wright, J. Hort. Cottage Gard., ser. 3, 48: 179 (1904) (syn: Freesia × chapmanii R.F.H.Chapm. ; Freesia grandiflora virginalis R.F.H.Chapm. ; Freesia × hybrida L.H.Bailey ; Freesia × tubergenii Tubergen ) (artificial cross is F. corymbosa × F. leichtlinii subsp. alba); . Freesia x kewensis from California-GS16032023-1: 5 very high res. images. Thanks … for your critical…

  • Ficus species?- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

    SK 3704 March 2023: 3 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Date: 11 March 2023 Altitude: 2657m. Habitat : Wild  Images not so good ! Any ficus species? Could not guess. It was far away !  

  • Chamaerops humilis (Introduced- USA)

    Chamaerops humilis L., Sp. Pl.: 1187 (1753) (syn: Corypha humilis (L.) Pynaert; Phoenix humilis (L.) Cav.); . W. & Central Medit.: Algeria, Baleares, France, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia; Introduced into: Azores, Corse, Dominican Republic as per POWO; . Chamaerops humilis from California-GS11032023-1: 4 very high res. images….

  • Clausena austroindica

    Clausena austroindica B. C. Stone & K. N. Nair, Nordic J. Bot. 14: 491 (1994); . S. India as per POWO; . Shrubs or small trees; branchlets cylindric, minutely puberulous or glabrous. Leaves alternate, up to 40 cm long with marginate or narrowly winged, puberulent or glabrous; leaflets 5 to 9,…

  • Campylanthus

    Campylanthus ramosissimus Wight (S. Pakistan and Gujarat)       

  • Campylanthus ramosissimus

    Campylanthus ramosissimus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1416 (1849); . S. Pakistan as per POWO; . Telangana as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . Gujarat as per India Biodiversity Portal and Ecology and conservation of threatened plants in Tapkeshwari Hill ranges in the Kachchh Island, Gujarat, India; ….

  • Lamiaceae member?- Dry herb from Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh

    please help me get these names 3: 1 image. Posting these separately species wise, to reduce confusion in ids and as per posting guidelines from please help me get these names. (from …): I got these herbs from my trip to Chitrakoot. One shop was selling lots of herbs. I got…

  • Pluchea arguta

    Pluchea arguta Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 3: 5 (1856) (syn: Conyza odontophylla Boiss. ; Laggera arida C.B.Clarke ; Pluchea frutescens Benth.); . SE. Yemen, S. Iran to W. India: India, Iran, Pakistan, Yemen as per POWO; . Need ID: pink vernonia-like in Kutch: 3 images- 2 high res. Kutch, near Anjar Rocky…

  • Dianella ensifolia ?

    SK 3694 02 March 2023: 6 very high res. images. Location: Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal  Date: 02 March 2023 Elevation: 1364 m. Habit : wild Maybe. Not getting sure on checking on the net.    

  • Polygala x dalmasiana

    Polygala × dalmaisiana Neumann, Rev. Hort. (Paris), ser. 2, 3: 193 (1844) ; . Polygala x dalmasiana from California-GS06032023-1: 5 very high res. images. Polygala x dalmasiana photographed from Fremont, California, USA Yes, appears close as per images at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygala_%C3%97_dalmaisiana https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/56000/polygala-x-dalmaisiana/details https://www.australianplantsonline.polygala-dalmaisiana.html   . References: POWO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygala_%C3%97_dalmaisiana https://www.rhs.org.uk/polygala-x-dalmaisiana/details https://www.australianplantsonline.sweet-pea-shrub.html

  • Cardamine pensylvanica (USA)

    Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl., Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 486 (1800) (syn: Cardamine acuminata (Nutt.) Rydb. ; Cardamine breweri var. oregana (Piper) Detling ; Cardamine flexuosa var. gracilis O.E.Schulz ; Cardamine flexuosa f. grandiflora O.E.Schulz ; Cardamine flexuosa subsp. pensylvanica (Muhl. ex Willd.) O.E.Schulz ; Cardamine hirsuta var. acuminata Nutt. ; Cardamine hirsuta var. pensylvanica (Muhl. ex Willd.) P.W.Graff; Cardamine hirsuta f. pensylvanica (Muhl. ex Willd.) E.L.Rand & Redfield ; Cardamine multifolia Rydb. ; Cardamine oregana Piper…

  • Sparganium

    Sparganium stoloniferum (Buch.-Ham. ex Graebn.) Buch.-Ham. ex Juz. (Temp. Asia to Himalaya: Afghanistan, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Pakistan, Primorye, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang; Introduced into: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria as per POWO)         . BSI Flora of India…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 28th Feb.’23

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 28th Feb.’23- more than 14,000 species: It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 4,43,200 messages so far & membership currently more than 3410…

  • Eremurus species- video

    Swamy /2023/ 106 – plant ID: 1 video Please ID this plant in the video. Sent by a friend for ID. The plant is Eremurus spectabilis http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr06/bj-FoxtailLily.html Please read the plant name  as Eremurus spectabilis. Common name: Foxtail lily. Also check: https://efloraofindia.com/2013/09/14/eremurus-stenophyllus/ Where was it recorded? This was sent to me…

  • Kerala- climber from Kannur

    ID Kannur 01/22/2/23: 3 images. Please identify this climber. Leaves alternate, arise in clusters usually on one side of node. Looks like Fibraurea sp. as per some morphology. No flowers yet. Apocynaceae?? Menispermaceae sir….. Fibraurea darshanii Udayan & K.Ravik. ?? I do not think leaf venations match. Another few shots of…

  • Inni patti

    please help me get these names 4: 1 image. Posting these separately species wise, to reduce confusion in ids and as per posting guidelines from please help me get these names. (from …): I got these herbs from my trip to Chitrakoot. One shop was selling lots of herbs. I got…

  • Pyrenaria diospyricarpa var. camelliiflora

    Pyrenaria diospyricarpa var. camelliiflora (Kurz) S. X. Yang, Novon 15: 379 (2005) (syn: Pyrenaria camelliiflora Kurz); . Assam (Nagaland) to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah): Assam, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO; .   MS, Feb.,2023/08 Tree for id.: 3 images. Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram Altitude : ca.1,400 m Date : 23-02-2023 Habit :…