• Convolvulus species- Pulwama, J & K

    I’d needed for this plant??: 1 very high res. image. Location: pulwama Date: 12/06/2022 Check this link : https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/cl/convolvulaceae/calystegia/calystegia-sepium. Looks closer. But I am not sure. Only a suggestion. I think a side view of the flower is required. Pl. see https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/19/convolvulous-prostratus-d83/ Do you have any side view of the flower,…

  • Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th June’22

    Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th June’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 4,27,200 messages so far & membership currently around 3345 nos. efloraofindia (eFI…

  • Saxifraga hirculus var. alpina

    Saxifraga hirculus var. alpina Engl., Monogr. Saxifraga: 124 (1872) (syn: Hirculus ranunculoides subsp. alpina (Engler) Á. Löve; Saxifraga gyacaensis subsp. alpina (Engl.) D. Podlech; Saxifraga hirculus subsp. alpina (Engl.) A. Löve; Saxifraga hirculus subsp. compacta K. O. Hedberg; Saxifraga hirculus f. elata Engl. & Irmsch.; Saxifraga hirculus var. humilis (Engl. & Irmsch.) H. Chuang; Saxifraga hirculus f. humilis Engl. & Irmsch.); . Svalbard, Siberia, Tibet, Afghanistan…

  • Amomum pterocarpum

    Amomum pterocarpum Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 317 (1861) (syn: Amomum microstephanum Baker; Cardamomum pterocarpum (Thwaites) Kuntze); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Common name: Winged-Fruit Ginger • Malayalam: Perelam Stem to 2 m high, clumped, erect; rhizome to 4 cm thick, old ones blue inside. Leaves to 50 x 12 cm, elliptic-oblong,…

  • Polygonatum govanianum

    Polygonatum govanianum Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 380 (1839); . NE. Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All. submission AS15 June22: 8 high res. images Here’s a Polygonatum species addition to eFloraofIndia website. Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All. Family- Asparagaceae Photographed in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh…

  • Poa alpina

    Poa alpina L., Sp. Pl.: 67 (1753) (syn: Poa alpina subsp. atlantica (Trab.) Romo; Poa alpina subsp. balcanica Fiserová; Poa alpina var. bivonae (Parl.) H.St.John; Poa alpina subsp. bivonae (Parl.) Soják; Poa alpina subsp. brevifolia (Gaudin) Gaudin; Poa alpina var. brevifolia Gaudin; Poa alpina subsp. digitata Beauverd; Poa alpina subsp. fallax F.Herm.; Poa alpina subsp. insularis (Parl.) Hayek; Poa alpina subsp. involucrata (Lange) K.Richt.; Poa alpina subsp. stefanovii Fiserová; Poa alpina subsp. stenobotrya Maire; Poa alpina subsp. subalpina (Schur) Simonk.; Poa alpina subsp. subalpina K.Richt.; Poa alpina var. vivipara L.; Poa alpina f. vivipara (L.) B.Boivin; Poa alpina subsp. vivipara (L.) Arcang.; Poa…

  • Stachyurus species- Kew, London, UK

    SK 3564 11 June 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Stachyurus sp. Stachyurus praecox Siebold & Zucc. ?? Looks different as per images at POWO.  

  • Eriocaulon species- Lonawala, Pune, Maharashtra

    For I’d SKR: 1 very high res. image. Can you please identify these, aquatic plants, Eriocaulon and creeping aquatic macrophyte. Location: Lonawala, Pune Habitat: Partially submerged in streams Spoon shaped leaves, creeping habit, and long leaf pedicles, fine hairy leaves. Eriocaulon with sharp leaves from same location along with same…

  • Maharashtra- Aquatic saplings at Lonavala

    Request for ID: 1 very high res. image. Can you please identify these, aquatic plants and creeping aquatic macrophyte. Location: Lonawala, Pune Habitat: Partially submerged in streams Spoon shaped leaves, creeping habit, and long leaf pedicles, fine hairy leaves. Please isolate the species you wanted and wait for flowering phase….it…

  • Polygonatum × hybridum (Introduced- USA)

    Polygonatum × hybridum Brügger, Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens, n.s., 29: 160 (1884-1885 publ. 1886) (syn: Convallaria × intermedia Boenn.; Polygonatum × intermedium (Boenn.) Brügger; Polygonatum × mixtum K.Richt.; Polygonatum multiflorum subsp. intermedium (Boenn.) K.Richt.); . Europe: Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland; Introduced into: New Zealand South as per POWO; . Polygonatum biflorum from…

  • Ranunculus munroanus

    Ranunculus munroanus J. R. Drumm. ex Dunn, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 279 (1925) ; . NE. Pakistan to W. Tibet and Nepal: Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Ranunculus sp?: 1 very high res. image. Can someone please identify this. Photographed in Ladakh between 4500 and 5000m…

  • Polygonatum leptophyllum

    Polygonatum leptophyllum (D.Don) Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 380 (1839) as per efi thread; . Polygonatum verticillatum for validation from Uttarakhand-GS26062022-6: 2 very high res. images. Polygonatum verticillatum for validation photographed from near Ukhimath towards Chopta, Uttarakhand, 31-5-2013 I think yes as per images and discussions at Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. For now, P….

  • Tradescantia species- Kew, London, UK

    SK 3554 08 June 2022: 2 high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Tradescantia spathacea Sw.  ?? The common name for Tradescantia spathacea is Moses in the basket. Cos flower bud looks like a basket. It opens to revel the flowers inside…see my pics. Don’t think…

  • Acacia pataczekii (Introduced- UK)

    Acacia pataczekii D.I.Morris, Rec. Queen Victoria Mus. 50: 1 (1974) (syn: Racosperma pataczekii (D.I.Morris) Pedley); . NE. Tasmania as per POWO; . SK 3557 09 June 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Can it be some Acacia ? Agree Acacia sp….

  • Fraxinus xanthoxyloides

    Fraxinus xanthoxyloides (G.Don) Wall. ex A.DC., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 275 (1844) (syn: Fraxinus moorcroftiana (G.Don) Brandis; Fraxinus oxyacanthifolia Dippel; Ornus moorcroftiana G.Don; Ornus xanthoxyloides G.Don); . Afghanistan to Tibet: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Fraxinus xanthoxyloides: Fraxinus xanthoxyloides  Spiti region, Lahaul & Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh June 2022     ….

  • Acanthaceae member ?- Kew, London, UK

    SK 3550 07 June 2022: 3 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Maybe something from Acanthaceae.  

  • Plant Exploration Program June 2022 ?

    2 Days Plant Exploration Programm June 2022 .: Can we plan a two day plant exploration programme in June 3rd or 4th Week. The suitable destination is Chakrata. Around 300 Kms from Delhi. In a Hotel we usually stay, 30 people can be accommodated. Approx expenditure per person per day may…

  • Semecarpus species ?- some Estate, South India (?)

    Tree for ID SN28522: One of my contacts sent it for ID. He did not give the location, i asked to provide. i will update it. Seems Anacardiaceae member. I think images are not clear. Is it from India? From where? Maybe from some estate, I asked the locality, but…

  • Campanula cana

    Campanula cana Wall., W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 101 (1824) (syn: Campanula aprica Nannf.; Campanula pasumensis Marquand; Campanula tortuosa C.Y.Wu; Campanula xylopoda Jeffrey) as per POWO; . Himalaya to S. Central China and N. Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Keys available at…