Crocus chrysanthus (Herb.) Herb., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 83 (1843); . SE. Europe to Turkey: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia as per POWO; . SK 3341 08 March 2022: 3 images. Location: Langton Garden, Romford, UK Altitude: 15 m. Date: 26 February 2022 Habit : Cultivated Hybrid sp. of Crocus chrysanthus (Herb.)…
Crocus tommasinianus Herb., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 273 (1847) (syn: Crocus serbicus A.Kern. ex Maw); . S. Hungary to SW. Croatia and NW. Bulgaria: Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, New York as per POWO; . SK 3343 08 March 2022: Location: Langton Garden, Romford, UK Altitude: 15…
Gymnocalycium baldianum (Speg.) Speg., Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 99: 135 (1925) (syn: Echinocactus baldianus Speg.; Echinocactus sanguiniflorus Werderm.; Gymnocalycium baldianum var. albiflorum C.A.L.Bercht; Gymnocalycium baldianum var. raineri (H.Till) Milt; Gymnocalycium baldianum subsp. sanguiniflorum (Werderm.) C.A.L.Bercht; Gymnocalycium baldianum var. schreiteri (H.Till) Milt; Gymnocalycium marianae Perea, O.Ferrari, Las Peñas & R.Kiesling; Gymnocalycium raineri H.Till; Gymnocalycium rosae H.Till; Gymnocalycium sanguiniflorum (Werderm.) Werderm.; Gymnocalycium schreiteri H.Till; Gymnocalycium venturianum Backeb.); . NW. Argentina as per POWO;…
. Newyears and republik day Greetings: Here some Fotos of Primel from my garden. The first flowers to appear in 2011. Till first week of Jan. we had snow, then the temperatures raised above zero, the snow melted. Today the sun is shining though the temperatures are going below zero…
Primula sapphirina Hook. fil. & Thomson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 10 (1882); . Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Sapphire Primrose . Short-lived dwarf efarinose perennial herb. Leaves oblanceolate, 5-10 x 2-5mm, obtuse, base attenuate, margin pinnatifid-dentate, with scattered white…
Primula calderiana I. B. Balf. & R. E. Cooper, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 7 (1915) (syn: Primula dianae Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper; Primula gammieana King ex Balf.f.; Primula laeta W.W.Sm.; Primula roylei (Watt) Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.); . Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Purple Golden-Eyed…
Primula geraniifolia Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 3: 484 (1882) (syn: Auganthus geraniifolius (Hook.f.) Soják; Primula humicola Balf.f. & Forrest); ; Central & E. Himalaya to China (NW. Yunnan) and Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Geranium Primrose . Similar to but larger than P….
Primula glabra Klatt, Linnaea 37: 500 (1872); . Central & E. Himalaya to SE. Tibet: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Hairless Primrose . Klatt in Linnoea xxxvii. 500 ; not mealy except the inflorescence, leaves 1/2-1 in. obovate-spathulate acute or obtuse erose or toothed, scape very…
Primula obliqua W. W. Sm., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 26: 119 (1913); . Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Himalayan White Primrose Deciduous herb with large winter resting-buds. Bud scales persistent at flowering, ovate, 2-6cm, imbricate, reddish, often farinose. Leaves oblanceolate,…
Primula strumosa I. B. Balf. & R. E. Cooper, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 201 (1916) (syn: Primula calderiana var. strumosa (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) S.K.Basak, Maiti & Hajra; Primula calderiana subsp. strumosa (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) A.J.Richards); . Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Golden-Eyed Primrose ….
Primula wattii King ex Watt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 10 (1882); . E. Himalaya to SE. Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Watt’s Primrose . Primula wattii from Arunachal Pradessh: 2 images. Primula wattii found near Bumla pass, Arunachal Pradesh. . References: POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF…
. BSI Flora of India (Volume 4) (Distribution): Nitraria schoberi L. (India: Rare, at higher altitudes. Jammu & Kashmir; Pakistan, China, USSR, Iran, Israel, Syria and Turkey) . Species with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution): Nitraria retusa (Forssk.) Aschers. (Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Arabia and North Africa) Nitraria…
Hornet’s Nest in my balcony: 3 high res. images. I spotted a nest of a Hornet (Vespa vitulina?) in my balcony today, saw two big Hornets too. I live in Bangalore. I seem to have disturbed them when I was cleaning the plant they’ve made their nest on. But they…
Helleborus × hybridus H.Vilm., Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 27 (1894); . SK 3346 09 March 2022: 8 very high res. images. Location: Langton Garden, Romford, UK Altitude: 15 m. Date: 26 February 2022 Habit : Cultivated Hybrids of Helleborus orientalis Lam. ?? Helleborus x hybridus. many different colours. I use the Royal horticulture…
Urtica hyperborea Jacq. ex Wedd., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 68 (1856) (syn: Urtica kunlunshanica Chang Y.Yang); . Himalaya to China (NW. Sichuan, S. Gansu): China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Common name: Northern Nettle, Himalayan Nettle . Urtica hyperborea: 3 images. Urtica…
Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C.A. Mey. (SW. Siberia to W. Himalaya: Altay, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tibet, Tuva, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO)
Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C.A. Mey., C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 3: 66 (1831) (syn: Alyssum canescens DC.; Anodontea canescens (DC.) Sweet; Alyssum cretaceum Adams; Alyssum dauricum Schltdl. ex DC.; Alyssum imbricatum Schltdl. ex DC.; Alyssum montanum Patrin ex DC.; Clypeola maritima Georgi; Ptilotrichum cretaceum (Adams) Ledeb.; Stevenia canescens (DC.) D.A.German; Adyseton fischerianum Sweet); . SW. Siberia to W. Himalaya: Altay,…
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Scilla siberica Andrews, Bot. Repos. 6: t. 365 (1804) (syn: Othocallis siberica (Andrews) Speta); . Krym to NW. Iran: Central European Rus, East European Russia, Iran, Iraq, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, South European Russi, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine; Introduced into: Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Netherlands, New Brunswick,…
Ranunculus ficaria L., Sp. Pl.: 550 (1753) (syn: Ficaria ficaria (L.) H.Karst.; Ficaria ranunculoides Roth; Ficaria verna Huds.; Ficaria vulgaris J.St.-Hil.; Ranunculus claviformis Dulac; Ranunculus praecox Salisb.); . Canary Islands, Europe to Medit. and Kazakhstan: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is.,…