• Bistorta rubra

    Bistorta rubra K. Yonekura & H. Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 74: 338 (1999); . Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Crimson Knotweed . Polygonaceae Fortnight: Persicaria sp. for ID from Chopta Uttarakhandr-GSMAY47 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Persicaria sp. photographed from near Chopta in Uttarakhand. Looks…

  • Western Ghats- tree for id

    ID pleasea: Habit: tree Location: Western ghats Elevation: 1300m Forest type: semi evergreen I think it is very very difficult to identify with such images. Detailed images are required showing close up of leaves, flowers, fruits, leaf arrangement etc. Also post high res. images. so that members can see more details,…

  • Aloe petricola (Muscat, Oman)

    Aloe petricola Pole-Evans, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 707 1917.; . Northern Provinces as per POWO; .   Ornamental Aloe For ID : Muscat : 05FEB15 : AK-15 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Pictures taken on 26th Dec,14 at a plant nursery. The multi-colored flowers were new…

  • Symphoricarpos species- Central Park, Romford, UK

    SK 3330 10 February 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Central Park, Romford, UK Altitude:  40 m. Date: 10 February 2022 Habit : Cultivated Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus x microphyllus x orbiculatus ?? This is certainly Symphoricarpos but I am not sure from the photos which one. I attach a photo…

  • Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ ?

    SK 3329 10 February 2022: 7 very high res. images. Location: Central Park, Romford, UK Altitude: 40 m. Date: 10 February 2022 Habit : Cultivated Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. ?? To me appears close to images at Mahonia napaulensis I guess Berberis napaulensis (DC.) Spreng. has got no distribution in UK unless it is introduced and cultivated….

  • Western Ghats- plant for id

    id please: 1 image. i am new to this group, i will be glad if you alll can help me with identification of some plants. Location: Western Ghats, India elevation: 1300m I think it is very very difficult to identify with such images. You have to post detailed images. Pl….

  • Glossostigma elatinoides (Australia)

    Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Benth. ex Hook. fil., Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 189 1853. (syn: Tricholoma elatinoides Benth.); . SE. Australia, New Zealand as per POWO; . Glossostigma Elatinoides: 1 high res. image. elatinoides. You will notice that the juvenile leaves (a couple in this photo but not many) do resemble diandrum a bit…

  • Rajasthan- herb near Dholpur

    Dholpur, January 2022 :: Prostrate herb for ID :: ARK2022-056: 3 high res. images. This was clicked near Dholpur, Rajasthan on the banks of the Chambal river in January 2022 Requested to please ID.  

  • Myrtama

    Myrtama elegans (Royle) Ovcz. & Kinzikaeva (Central Asia to Pakistan and W. China: Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO)           . BSI Flora of India with description (Distribution): Myrtama elegans (Royle) Ovcz. & Kinz. (India: On mountain slopes, ravines and stream borders between 3000 and 4500 m. Jammu & Kashmir…

  • Euphorbia vajravelui

    Euphorbia vajravelui Binojk. & N.P.Balakr., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 63: 229 1991.; . SW. India as per POWO; Stout trees to 4 m tall; stems thick, succulent, flattened or 3-angled, 3-4 cm broad, glabrous; angles armed with paired black spines, 1-10 mm long. Leaves minute, 5mm long, ovate. Cyathea solitary…

  • Senecio ludens

    Senecio ludens C. B. Cl., Comp. Ind. 199. 199 1876. (syn: Doronicum walkeri Arn.); . India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Clarke Comp. Ind. 199 ; herbaceous, hirsute puberulous scaberulous or glabrate, stem strict or slender, leaves polymorphous simple or more often lyrate-pinnatifid with broadly auricled bases or petioles,…

  • Aloe humilis ?

    Aloe humilis (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 6 10 1771. (syn: Aloe acuminata Haw.; Aloe echinata Willd.; Aloe humilis var. acuminata Baker; Aloe humilis var. candollei Baker; Aloe humilis var. incurva Haw.; Aloe humilis var. macilenta Baker; Aloe incurva (Haw.) Haw.; Aloe macilenta (Baker) G.Nicholson; Aloe perfoliata var. humilis L.; Aloe perfoliata var. suberecta Aiton; Aloe suberecta (Aiton) Haw.; Aloe subtuberculata Haw.; Aloe tuberculata Haw.; Aloe verrucosospinosa All.; Aloe virens Haw.; Aloe virens var. macilenta Baker; Catevala humilis (L.) Medik.; Haworthia…

  • Impatiens williamsii

    Impatiens williamsii Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 47: 142 1972; . Nepal as per POWO; . Impatiens williamsii H. Hara: 1 pdf- 4.6 Mb Very happy to share the journal on Impatiens williamsii H.Hara, endemic to west Nepal of Jumla district which was rediscovered after 66 years. Congratulations saroj sir Congratulations sir🎉🙏…

  • ‘Saarthi’ ‘सारथि’ of eFloraofIndia

    Dinesh Valke– ‘Saarthi’ ‘सारथि’ of eFloraofIndia . . Saarthi ‘सारथि’- Title for Sh. Dinesh Valke: Sh. Dinesh Valke’s achievements have been enormous not only for efloraofindia but equally also elsewhere. Mentioning below, some of them as quoted by some of our team members: He has been a pioneer in giving/ implementing ideas for bringing…

  • Where to go for ferns in Himalayas ?

    Ferns in himalayas: I am planning a family trip to the himalayas (for 5-6 days in 2nd half of March). Please suggest a region where I may find a significant variety of ferns different from those found in the plains (in this season). there, which part of the Himalaya do you…

  • Karnataka- tree at Lal Bagh, Bangalore

    Tree for ID from Lal Bagh Bangalore-GS05022022-5: (Mixed thread): 3 very high res. images. Please help with the ID of tree photographed from Lal Bagh Bangalore, 29-5-2015.  

  • Exacum tetragonum var. grande

    Exacum tetragonum var. grande (Klack.) Shahina & Nampy, Int. J. Advanced Res. 4(3): 1677 (2016); . Gentianaceae week: Exacum tetragonum : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3). I am very happy to see you in eflora. Hope you will present a excellent week of this family. Exacum tetragonum collected from…

  • Eriocaulon species- Bababudangiri, Karnataka

    Eriocaulon sp for ID from Below Bababudangiri Peak-GS09022022-4: 5 high res. images. Eriocaulon sp for ID photographed from Below Bababudangiri Peak, Karnataka 26-9-2015 These are very difficult to id without Expert help. Pl. try comparative images at Eriocaulon and Eriocaulon sedgwickii Fyson