• Eremophila hygrophana (Introduced- USA)

    Eremophila hygrophana Chinnock, Eremophila 472 2007. ; . Australia as per POWO; . Shrub for ID from California-GS28042022-1: 5 very high res. images. Please help with the ID of this shrub photographed in Las Vegas, 28-12-2010. Eremophila hygrophana, I think. Blue Emu bush.   . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The…

  • Swintonia floribunda

    Swintonia floribunda Griff., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 283 1846. (syn: Swintonia griffithii Kurz; Swintonia helferi Hook.f.; Swintonia puberula H.Pearson); . Assam to Sumatera: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS, April, 2022/37 Dipterocarpaceae for id.: 5 images. Location : Ngêngpui, Mizoram Altitude ca. 300 m…

  • Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. affinis ?

    Cyperus sp. from Assam KD 03, April ’22: 3 images. Attached images are Cyperus sp. from Assam. Please ID the sp. Date :19.04.22 Location: Assam Family : Cyperaceae Genus & species : Cyperus (?) Habit : Herb Pl. check comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/23/cyperus/ I think my upload sp. is not Cyperus sp. It is  Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla. Thanks, …,…

  • Penstemon ‘Raven’

    Penstemon ‘Raven’ from California-GS29042022-1: 6 high res. images. Penstemon ‘Raven’, a cultivar with deep purple large flowers. Photographed from Sunnyvale California, 2-12-2010 References: https://emeraldplants.co.uk/product/penstemon-raven/ https://www.sarahraven.com/products/penstemon-raven https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/61638/penstemon-raven-(bird-series)/details https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/penstemon-raven/  

  • Kerala- Fern tree at Gurukulam

    Fern tree: 1 high res. image. At gurukulam Kerala last week (29.4.22) I’m afraid people sending in fern photos really have no idea what the photos need to show, as they do not read the literature about differences between species. This photo does not enable identification, it has no use…

  • Blepharistemma membranifolium

    Blepharistemma membranifolium (Miq.) Ding Hou, Interpr. Hort. Malab. 214 1988. (syn: Blepharistemma serratum Suresh; Dryptopetalum membranaceum Miq. ex Benth.; Gynotroches membranifolia Miq.; Rodschiedia serrata Dennst.); India as per POWO; . Bark yellowish-brown, smooth, lenticellate; branchlets lenticellate; young shoots pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, stipulate; stipules interpetiolar, cauducous; petiole 6-10 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 4.5-15…

  • Teucrium fruticans (Introduced- USA)

    Teucrium fruticans L., Sp. Pl. 563 1753. (syn: Chamaedrys latifolia (L.) Raf.; Teucrium angustifolium Salisb.; Teucrium fruticans subsp. latifolium (L.) Arcang.; Teucrium fruticans subsp. latifolium (L.) P.Silva & Teles; Teucrium fruticans subsp. prostratum Gattef. & Maire; Teucrium glomeratum Cav.; Teucrium latifolium L.; Teucrium tomentosum Moench); . W. & Central Medit.: Albania, Algeria, Corse, France, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Yugoslavia as per…

  • Eranthemum strictum

    Eranthemum strictum Colebr. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 114 1820. (syn: Daedalacanthus strictus (Colebr. ex Roxb.) T.Anderson; Justicia elongata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.); . Assam to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar as per POWO; . MS,April,2022/28 Eranthemum sp. for id.: Location : Tamdil, Mizoram Altitude : ca.700 m Date : 23-02-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat…

  • Protea obtusifolia (Introduced- USA)

    Protea obtusifolia Buek ex Meissn., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(2): 84 1921. (syn: Protea calocephala Meisn.; Scolymocephalus calocephalus (Meisn.) Kuntze; Scolymocephalus obtusifolius Kuntze); . SW. Cape Prov. as per POWO; . Protea obtusifolia from California-GS28042022-4: 4 very high res. images. Another protea with beautiful flowers, Protea obtusifolia, commonly known as Limestone Sugarbush, differs from…

  • Akebia quinata (Introduced- UK)

    Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 195 1839. (syn: Rajania quinata Thunb. ex Houtt.; Akebia micrantha Nakai; Akebia quinata f. albiflora Y.N.Lee); . Central & E. China to Japan: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea; Introduced: Alabama, Austria, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, New…

  • Weigela species- Gorran Haven, St. Austell, UK

    SK 3407 13 April 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Gorran Haven, St. Austell, UK Altitude: 43m. Date: 02 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Weigela. Maybe Weigela floribunda. Maybe one of the many named cultivars. Flowers can be yellow, white, pink or red. See my images below in very…

  • Euphorbia mellifera (Introduced- UK)

    Euphorbia mellifera Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 493 1789. (syn: Euphorbia longifolia Lam.; Euphorbia longifolia var. canariensis (Boiss.) Oudejans; Kobiosis mellifera (Aiton) Raf.; Tithymalus mellifer (Aiton) Moench); . Madeira, Canary Islands; Introduced into: Great Britain as per POWO; . Euphorbia mellifera Aiton: 7 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit :…

  • Jeffersonia dubia (Introduced- UK)

    Plagiorhegma dubium Maxim., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17(102): 377 1879. (syn: Jeffersonia dubia (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Baker & Moore; Jeffersonia manchuriensis Hance); . Russian Far East to Korea: Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye as per POWO; . SK 3430 26 April 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m….

  • Prunus species- Eden Project, Cornwall, UK

    SK 3431 26 April 2022: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Perunus … ?? Yes …. Prunus sp. Need an expert to id it any further  

  • Mukdenia rossii (Introduced- UK)

    Mukdenia rossii (Oliv.) Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4(2): 120–121 1935. (syn: Aceriphyllum rossii (Oliv.) Engl.; Mukdenia acanthifolia Nakai; Mukdenia rossii f. multiloba (Nakai) W.Lee; Saxifraga rossii Oliv.); . NE. China to Korea: Korea, Manchuria as per POWO; . SK 3429 25 April 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03…

  • Arnebia species at ???

    species of Arnebia: 1 image. I hope you will help me to identify this species of Arnebia Where and when this image was taken?  

  • Olea paniculata

    Olea paniculata R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 528 1810. (syn: Ligustrum neoebudicum Guillaumin; Linociera lauterbachii Lingelsh.; Linociera yunnanensis H.T.Chang; Olea bournei Fyson; Olea glandulifera Desf.; Olea glandulifera Wall. ex G.Don; Olea glandulosa DC.; Olea thozettii Pancher & Sebert); . Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and SW. Pacific: Bismarck Archipelago, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar,…

  • Rhododendron schlippenbachii (Introduced- UK)

    Rhododendron schlippenbachii Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 15: 226 1871. (syn: Azalea schlippenbachii (Maxim.) Kuntze; Rhododendron schlippenbachii f. albiflorum Y.N.Lee); . S. Russian Far East to N. China and Japan: Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye as per POWO; . Rhododendron schlippenbachii Maxim.: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date:…

  • Typha species- Sunnyvale, California, USA

    Typha for ID from California-GS18042022-5: 5 very high res. images. Please help with the ID of Typha sp. photographed from Sunnyvale, California, 9-11-2010. Typha latifolia L. ?? Looks different as per keys in Flora of Pakistan and FoC illustration Check with keys in Flora of North America.