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…
Uncarina roeoesliana W. Rauh, Kakteen And. Sukk. 47: 15 (1996); . Madagascar as per POWO; . Uncarina roeoesliana from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh-GS20012022-6: 7 high res. images. Uncarina roeoesliana photographed from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 29-5-2015 . References: POWO Catalogue of…
Dactyliandra welwitschii Hook. fil., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 557 1871. (syn: Ctenolepis welwitschii (Hook.f.) Jafri; Dactyliandra luederitziana (Cogn.) Cogn.); . W. Angola to Namibia: Angola, Namibia; Introduced into: India, Pakistan as per POWO; . Angola, Namibia, NW-India (Rajasthan) as per CoL; . Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan as per BSI Flora of India Checklist; . For…
Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa (Raf.) Wherry, Rhodora 38(450): 233 1936. (syn: Sarracenia parviflora Raf.; Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa (Raf.) Wherry; Sarracenia venosa Raf.); . North Carolina to Georgia: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina as per POWO; . Sarracenia venosa from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh-GS19012015-6: 2 very high res. images. Sarracenia venosa photographed…
SK 3313 13 January 2022 – Orchidaceae: 1 very high res. image. Location: Shivapuri, Kathmandu Altitude: 1841 m. Date: 10 November 2021 Habit : Wild Possible to ID without flowers? Any idea about the genus? Porpax ?? Or. Eria muscicola ? To me bulbs looks different as per images at Conchidium muscicola
Lindernia tamilnadensis M. G. Prasad & Sunojk., Phytotaxa 162: 57 (2014); . Common name: Tamilnadu Lindernia . Lindernia?? – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) This small herb looks like “Lindernia Sp”. Could this be Lindernia roundifolia?? (Photographed today (9.8.09) morning in a grass field in Mumbai)….