A.Lalithmaba- Poem on efloraofindia to celebrate 15 years of its completion on 17.6.22: EFI The mighty river of EFI began like a tiny stream In the sacred mind of Garg ji to realise the dream Many great streams like Dinesh ji, Gurucharan ji Merged to add vigour and colour to…
Oxygraphis delavayi Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 374 (1886) (syn: Oxygraphis delavayi var. nyingchiensis W.L.Cheng; Ranunculus angustisepalus W.T.Wang); . Nepal to China (NW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Delavay Oxygraphis . Oxygraphis delavayi from Arunachal Pradesh: 2 images. Oxygraphis delavayi found at high altitudes in…
Smyrnium olusatrum L., Sp. Pl. 262 1753. (syn: Smyrnium maritimum Salisb.; Smyrnium vulgare Gray); . Macaronesia, Medit. to Chad.: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Bermuda, Great Britain,…
SK 3410 17 April 2022: 4 high res. images. Location: Gorran Haven, St. Austell, UK Altitude: 43m. Date: 02 April 2022 Habit: Cultivated Tulipa hybrid ?? Agree Tulipa. But in UK we have many named cultivars. No idea which one it is…see below for a few examples Google search
1. 2. 3. Identification of these grasses/Sedges native to Maldives: Need your help in identifying these three native grasses that grow in Maldives. And It will be good to know if they can be used for cleaning water of Nirates, Nitrites, Phosphates and other impurities. Will they work as an…
. VoF Week :: Stellaria graminea at Valley of Flowers: Stellaria graminea L. … (family: Caryophyllaceae) 2 AUG 12 Valley of Flowers … about 11000 – 12000 ft Perhaps needs rechecking. The petals seem distinctly longer than sepals. May be Stellaria semivestita Does agree with Stellaria graminea – petals are…
SK 3386 05 April 2022: 3 very high res. images. Location: Royal Garden Hyde Park , London Altitude: 30m. Date: 27 March 2022 Habit : Cultivated Initially I thought Rhododendron….. but leaves are very wrong. I believe it is a Ceanothus showing the developing flowers Yes, some cultivar as per…
Orostachys japonica A. Berger, Nat. Pflanzenfam. (ed. 2) 18(a): 464 1930. (syn: Cotyledon japonica Maxim.; Cotyledon polycephala Makino; Orostachys erubescens Ohwi; Orostachys japonica var. erubescens Jankalski; Orostachys japonica f. polycephala (Makino) H.Ohba; Orostachys japonica var. polycephala (Makino) Jankalski; Orostachys kanboensis Ohwi; Orostachys polycephala (Makino) H.Hara; Sedum japonicola Makino; Sedum polycephalum (Makino) Makino); . E. China to Korea, S. Central & S. Japan: China North-Central, China Southeast, Japan,…
Erica carnea L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 504 1762. (syn: Erica bracteata Moench; Erica herbacea L.; Erica herbacea f. alba (André) D.C.McClint.; Erica hibernica Utinet; Erica lugubris Salisb.; Erica mediterranea L.; Erica pallidopurpurea L.; Erica purpurascens L.; Erica saxatilis Salisb.; Ericoides herbaceum Kuntze; Gypsocallis carnea D.Don; Gypsocallis mediterranea D.Don; Gypsocallis purpurascens D.Don); . Central & E. Central Europe: Albania, Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Switzerland,…
SK 3408 13 April 2022: 8 very high res. images. Location: Gorran Haven, St. Austell, UK Altitude: 43m. Date: 02 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Bergenia … ?? Bergenia…common name Elephants ears. Several named hybrids/cultivars… flowers can be deep red, pink or white.
Mastixia arborea (Wight) C.B.Clarke (S. India as per POWO) . Flora of Peninsular India: Mastixia arborea subsp. arborea Mastixia arborea subsp. meziana Mastixia pentandra . Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China [Distribution other than China]: Mastixia pentandra Blume [Cambodia, NE India, Malaysia, Myanmar,…
Mastixia arborea (Wight) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2: 745 1879. (syn: Bursinopetalum arboreum Wight); . S. India as per POWO; . Trees, to 25 m high, bark pale brown, mottled with dark brown; lenticels up to 1.3 mm; outer bark 2-3 mm thick, shallowly fissured with white blotches outside; inner bark 10-15…
Calamus melanochaetes (Blume) Miq., Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk. 11(5): 28 (1868) (syn: Acanthophoenix grandis André; Calamus acanthopis Griff.; Calamus angustifolius Griff.; Calamus aureus (Renuka & Vijayak.) W.J.Baker; Calamus binnendijkii (Becc.) W.J.Baker; Calamus fissus (Blume) Miq.; Calamus grandis Griff.; Calamus hygrophilus Griff.; Calamus intermedius Griff.; Calamus jenkinsianus Griff.; Calamus kurzianus (Hook.f. ex Becc.) W.J.Baker; Calamus lewisianus Griff.; Calamus luteus W.J.Baker; Calamus manii (Becc.) W.J.Baker; Calamus…
Identification required 1131: 2 images- 1 high res. help me to identify this plant species from Botanical garden Cheshm shahi Srinagar Muscari sp. Muscari racemosum Mill. ?? Muscari armeniacum H.J.Veitch ?? Cultivated ?? I Will go with M.armeniacum OK I will go with M. botryoides I am finding it difficult to say…
Humboldtia decurrens Oliv., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 24: t. 2368 (1895); . S. India as per POWO; . Kerala; Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS; Trees, to 15 m high, bark 3-4 mm thick, brown with prominent lenticels, rough; branches dark brown, pubescent when young, glabrous at maturity. Leaves paripinnate alternate; stipules lateral,…
SK 3391 07 April 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Royal Garden Hyde Park, London Altitude: 30m. Date: 27 March 2022 Habit : Cultivated Brassicaceae member. Aubretia. Very common in UK as an edging plant. There are many named cultivars ..the flowers can be white, lilac or deep purple….
Caltha scaposa Hook. fil. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 40 (1855) (syn: Caltha palustris var. scaposa Maxim.; Caltha scaposa var. parnassioides Ulbr.; Caltha scaposa var. smithii Ulbr.); . Central & E. Himalaya to W. & Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet as per POWO; . Caltha scaposa from Sikkim: 2 images. Caltha…
Stellaria semivestita Edgew. ex Edgew. & Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 1: 230 1874.; . W. & Central Himalaya: Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Perennial herbs, about 15-45 cm long, caespitose or tufted. Stem erect or decumbent, much branched, slightly quadrangular or terete, branches much crowded, pubescent with white…
Fwd: [efloraofindia:193915] Specimen 2 from Chinnar Wildlife sanctuary, Iduki, Kerala : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). please identify this. It is Aporosa lindleyana of Euphorbiaceae, In Kerala it is the tree of triketa star (kettai, one of astrology star) This looks different from other images at Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr. Similar…
Allium triquetrum L., Sp. Pl. 300 1753. (syn: Allium medium G.Don; Allium opizii Wolfner; Briseis triquetra (L.) Salisb.; Nectaroscordum triquetrum (L.) Galasso & Banfi); . W. & Central Medit.: Algeria, Baleares, Corse, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia; Introduced: Argentina Northeast, Azores, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Falkland Is., Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira,…