Serratula pallida from Nauni Campus, Solan-GS20012022-4: 2 very high res. images. Serratula pallida photographed from Nauni Campus, Solan-29-5-2015 I am doubtful as per POWO and GBIF specimens. https://efloraofindia.com/2016/05/30/serratula-pallida/ ??
Gymnostachyum latifolium var. decurrens Gamble, Fl. Madras 2: 1053 1924; . SW-India (Kerala) as per CoL; . Common name: Winged-Stalk Gymnostachyum . 259 ID wild plant Justicia: 12 images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Dist. Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 14.01.2022, 11.40pm Habitat: wild, moisture, river/ stream side…
Potentilla nivea L., Sp. Pl.: 499 (1753) (syn: Fragaria nivea (L.) Crantz; Potentilla concinna var. dissecta (S.Watson) B.Boivin; Potentilla dryophylla Pall. ex Ledeb.; Potentilla fragariifolia Less. ex Ledeb.; Potentilla jamesoniana Grev.; Potentilla jezoensis Soják; Potentilla macrantha Ledeb.; Potentilla matsuokana Makino; Potentilla nivea var. alpina Turcz.; Potentilla nivea var. arctica Cham. & Schltdl.; Potentilla nivea subsp. chionodes Hiitonen; Potentilla nivea var. dissecta S.Watson; Potentilla nivea subsp. fallax A.E.Porsild; Potentilla nivea var. incisa Turcz.; Potentilla nivea var. insularis Peschkova; Potentilla nivea var. major Turcz.; Potentilla nivea var. niveiformis Jurtzev; Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla Turcz.;…
Potentilla biflora Willd. ex Schltdl., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 297 (1816) (syn: Fragariastrum biflorum (D.F.K.Schltdl.) Kechaykin & Shmakov; Potentilla bifolia Walp.; Potentilla inglisii Royle); . Siberia to Russian Far East and Himalaya, Subarctic America to W. Canada: Alaska, Altay, British Columbia, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita,…
Drypetes elliptica (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm., Pflanzenr. IV, 147, XV: 244 1922. (syn: Cyclostemon ellipticus Hook.f.); . Myanmar as per POWO; . Requesting identity of this tree from Nagaland: 2 images. This tree in fruiting was collected recently from Nagaland. Requesting identity. Combretaceae ?? This could be a species of Drypetes I…
Persicaria pulchra (Bl.) Sojak, Preslia 46: 154 1974. (syn: Persicaria attenuata subsp. pulchra (Soják) K.L.Wilson; Polygonum pulchrum Blume); . India to SE. China and W. & Central Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Cambodia, China Southeast, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Persicaria sp. from Hooghly 10/10/12…
Wild flower for ID (03/07/2011 NSJ-02): A wild flower for ID Location –Hunder, Nubra valley, Ladakh (Grasslands Near water stream) Altitude 14000 feet (Approx) Habitat Wild
ID request-31102010-PKA1: Came across this herb at Cheeka on the way to Hampta Pass. Date/Time: 26-09-2010/ 04:30PM Location: Cheeka (Altitude approx. 10500ft), Manali region Habitat: Wild Plant habit: Herb Flower: Yellow, 3 to 4cm Show some resemblance with Potentilla fragarioides L., although leaves are required for proper id. .
Kolkata, December 2021 :: Cactus for ID :: ARK2022-025: 1 very high res. image. This was clicked at the Indian Botanic Garden (AJBC Garden) at Shibpur, Howrah, WB in December 2021. Requested to please ID. Just a guess- some Echinocereus like Echinocereus pencilis ? (as per comparative images at Cactaceae) Could not not…
Lindsaea ensifolia Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 77 1801. (syn: Schizolegnia ensifolia (Sw.) Alston; Schizoloma ensifolium (Sw.) J.Sm.; Schizoloma ensifolium var. normale Domin; Adiantum ensifolium (Sw.) Poir.); . Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos,…
Tree for ID : Nasik : 19JAN22 : AK – 28: 3 images. A wild tree seen at the base of Borgad. Couldn’t get much closer in this. Please check Fabaceae ! Some species of Albizia i guess The local name given by the forest guard was something close to…
Chloris gayana Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 1829. (syn: Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Chloris glabrata Andersson; Chloris repens Hochst.; Eustachys gayana (Kunth) Mundy); . Macaronesia, Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia,…
Acilepis squarrosa D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 169 (1825) (syn: Cacalia squarrosa (D.Don) Kuntze; Eupatorium pauciflorum Wall. ex DC.; Eupatorium rigidum Wall.; Onopordum teres Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Vernonia plantaginoides DC.; Vernonia rigida Wall.; Vernonia rigiophylla DC.; Vernonia riparia Hook.f.; Vernonia rubricaulis Less.; Vernonia squarrosa (D.Don) Baill.; Vernonia teres Wall.); . Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, East…
Nothopegia travancorica Bedd. ex Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 2: 40 1876.; . India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per CoL; . Habit- Small trees, up to 5 m tall. Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets slender, rusty pubescent. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long; pubescent, canaliculate; lamina 7-22 x 2-5 cm elliptic-oblong…
Euphorbia for ID from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh-GS18012022-4: 2 high res. images. Please help with the ID of succulent Euphorbia photographed from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 29-5-2015. The angles are four but with sharper edges and spines on distinct projections. Very difficult to say…
Acanthaceae week images of Lepidagathis bandransis from Nasik for sharing : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) attaching images of Lepidagathis bandransis from Nasik for sharing Images are not clear. Do you have side view of the flower ? Are the leaves of the same plant ? Images at FOI…
Sarracenia flava from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh-GS19012022-5: Sarracenia flava photographed from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 29-5-2015 I think it is different from images and references at Sarracenia flava and POWO. Maybe some Sarracenia hybrid (there are so many).
Mumbai, November 2021 :: Very small Asteraceae for ID :: ARK2022-012: 4 images. This very small plant was clicked in my balcony garden in Mumbai in November 2021. This was growing as a ground cover in one of the pots I recently purchased. Please ignore the leaves of the main…
Camera Canon: 2 pdf attachments. Please give me a comparative note on these two cameras. I am interests in macro photography mainly capturing close-up of small flowers, Your choice of camera should depend on how much you want to spend: 24.1 MP camera Digi 8 processor (200D) for Rs. 55000,…
Fern book – Fraser-Jenkins’, Taxonomic Revision of 300 Indian subcontinental Pteridophytes with a Revised Census List (illustrated). The site given below no longer exists. Can I access this book from somewhere else ? “If people would like to know more about the taxonomy of Indian ferns at least they can see…