• Perscaria species- Cooch behar, West Bengal

    Please help to identification: 1 correct image. Cooch behar, 25 september 2021 Pl. check Perscaria species. Do the leaf images from images 3/4 belong to the same plant? Inflorescence pattern indicates Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross but leaf looks different. Leaf images and inflorescence are of different plants. I guessed the same 

  • Apiaceae member- Shayadri hills of Pune, Maharashtra

    Request for ID, is this endangered Rouya polygama (Apiaceae): 1 high res. images. I am sending this photograph for identification, I think it looks like Rouya polygama (Apiaceae)  endangered Mediterranean species. I am not sure if this is found in India. Location: Shayadri hills of Pune Mountainous terrain with Scrub vegetation Detailed…

  • Ipomoea batatas ?

    Identification request 14: 3 high res. images. Habitat: Rural, Outer road side Habit: Climber Loc: Bundi Rajasthan Date: 23-11-2022 Pl. check https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/07/argyreia/ Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. ?? I am not sure as per images at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/cl/convolvulaceae/ipomoea/ipomoea-batatas Some possibility is there as per images at https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1101088-2  

  • Murdannia pauciflora ?

    ID KZD 08/11/11/22: 1 image. Please identify this herb from Kozhikode district of Kerala 11/11/22 https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/15/murdannia/ Can it be https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/15/murdannia-pauciflora/ ? Please check Murdannia versicolor (Dalzell) G.Brückn !

  • Riverine Ecosystem: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

    ID: Place: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Riverine Ecosystem 16 Nov, 2022 Pl. post detailed and close up images for proper I’d, of the plant you want to identify. I have only these two pictures right now. I will try to take more pictures once I go in the field in Dec end….

  • Vickifunkia thomsonii

    Vickifunkia thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) C.Ren, L.Wang, I.D.Illar. & Q.E.Yang, Taxon 69: 749 (2020) (syn: Ligularia thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) Pojark. ; Senecio thomsonii C.B.Clarke; Ligularia trigonophylla Rech.f. ; Senecio bungei Franch.); . Afghanistan to Mongolia and Himalaya: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Herb for ID, Lower Manimahesh, Himachal…

  • Cirsium arvense ?

    Id request: 3 high res. images. Kurinjimala, Kerala Date- 17 Oct 2022 Looks like Cirsium ! Or is it Onopordum? May be. ! Look like young leaves of Cirsium arvense, not Onopordum Yes, maybe.  

  • Phlogacanthus jenkinsii

    Phlogacanthus jenkinsii C. B. Cl., Fl. Brit. India 4: 513 (1885); . Assam to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar as per POWO; . Common name: Nongmangkha • Manipuri: ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯡꯈꯥ Nongmangkha • Mizo: Kawldai-Par-Eng • Tangkhul: Sipchang . MS Feb, 2018/08 Phlogacanthus sp. for ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Saitual, Mizoram Date…

  • Eragrostis curvula

    Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 397 (1841) (syn: Eragrostis capillifolia Nees ; Eragrostis chloromelas Steud. ; Eragrostis curvula var. atrata (Schweinf.) Cufod. ; Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Stapf ; Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Nees ; Eragrostis curvula var. decolorans Rendle ; Eragrostis curvula var. valida Stapf ; Eragrostis filiformis (Thunb.) Nees ; Eragrostis huillensis Rendle ; Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack. ; Eragrostis lehmanniana var. ampla Stapf ; Eragrostis poa Stapf ; Eragrostis procerior Rendle ;…

  • Dendrobium fuscescens

    Dendrobium fuscescens Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 308 (1851) (syn: Bulbophyllum fuscescens (Griff.) Rchb.f. ; Callista fuscescens (Griff.) Kuntze ; Epigeneium fuscescens (Griff.) Summerh. ; Epigeneium naviculare (N.P.Balakr. & Sud.Chowdhury) Hynn. & Wadhwa; Katherinea fuscescens (Griff.) A.D.Hawkes ; Katherinea navicularis N.P.Balakr. & Sud.Chowdhury; Sarcopodium fuscescens (Griff.) Lindl.); . Central Himalaya to China (Yunnan, S. Guangxi): Assam, Bangladesh, China…

  • Dianthera comata (Introduced)

    Dianthera comata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1: 850 (1758) (syn: Dianthera decumbens Sw. ex Nees ; Dianthera humifusa (Sw.) J.F.Gmel. ; Ecbolium comatum (L.) Kuntze; Ecbolium havanense Kuntze ; Ecbolium moritzianum Kuntze ; Justicia acuminata (Nees) Lindau ; Justicia comata (L.) Lam.; Justicia comata Vell. ex Nees ; Justicia humifusa Sw. ; Justicia humilis Nees ; Leptostachya comata (L.) Kostel. ; Leptostachya comata var. humifusa (Sw.) Nees ; Leptostachya martiana var. hispida Nees ; Leptostachya…

  • Coleus scaber

    Coleus scaber (Benth.) A.J.Paton, PhytoKeys 129: 91 (2019) (syn: Anisochilus scaber Benth.); . S. India as per POWO; . Endemic to India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; Herbs, stem woody at base and rooting at lower nodes. Leaves oblong, obtuse, base truncate or obtuse, densely hoary…

  • Marchantia species- Kashmir, J & K

    Identification required for Marchantia sp. From kashmir: 3 high res. images. Please check Marchantia paleacea Bertol. ! Also resembles with Marchantia polymorpha I guess polymorpha looks a bit different, but may be !  

  • Dioscorea pubera

    Dioscorea pubera Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 21 (1827) (syn: Dioscorea anguina Roxb. ; Dioscorea combilium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. ; Dioscorea cornifolia Kunth); . Central Himalaya to W. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera as per POWO; Tubers 1 or 2, narrowly cylindric, rootless few, flesh lemon yellow]. Plant shortly…

  • Wissadula contracta (Introduced)

    Wissadula contracta (Link) R. E. Fries, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 43(4): 60 (1908) (syn: Abutilon contractum (Link) Sweet; Abutilon leschenaultianum (DC.) Sweet; Abutilon leucanthemum A.St.-Hil.; Abutilon lucianum (DC.) Sweet; Abutilon periplocifolium var. albicans Griseb.; Abutilon verbascoides Turcz.; Sida contracta Link; Sida leschenaultiana DC.; Sida leucanthema (A.St.-Hil.) D.Dietr.; Sida luciana DC.; Wissadula leschenaultiana (DC.) Mast. ; Wissadula luciana (DC.) Triana & Planch. ; Wissadula periplocifolia var. luciana…

  • Alysicarpus species- Morni Hills, Haryana

    Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Alysicarpus for id :: Morni :: NS OCT 07/07 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) These pics were taken from Morni Hills, Haryana… Please suggest..!! It looks Alysicarpus scariosus – reasons leaf 1 foliate, elliptic – oblong, slightly emarginate, abaxial side hairy; axillary compact…

  • Marsilea species- Kashmir

    help me to identify Marselia sp. from kashmir: 1 high res. image. I think it will be very very difficult with this image. Pl. see discussions at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/12/09/marsilea-minuta/ I agree with you sir.,. It resembles with M. minuta I was saying very difficult to I’d with this image. Leaf margins…

  • Crepidium species- Kozhikode district of Kerala

    ID KZD 09/11/11/22: (Mixed thread): 2 images. Please identify this groud orchid from a hillock at Kozhikode district of Kerala. Only fruiting stage is available. 11/11/22 This is a Crepidium, but not possible to confirm the species without flowers.  

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Oct.’22

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 31st Oct.’22: 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 4,36,500 messages so far & membership currently around 3370 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…

  • can anyone id this plant

    can anyone id this plant: 1 high res. image. Pl. see posting guidelines. Post detailed images showing habit, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits etc.