• Rhynchospora rubra

    Rhynchospora rubra (Lour.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 180 1903. (syn: Cephaloschoenus parvus Nees; Mariscus umbellatus Zoll.; Morisia capitata Nees; Morisia wallichii Nees; Rhynchospora haenkei J.Presl & C.Presl; Rhynchospora parva (Nees) Kunth; Rhynchospora rubra f. elata Domin; Rhynchospora wallichiana Kunth; Rhynchospora wallichii (Nees) K.Schum.; Schoenus ruber Lour.; Scirpus retusus J.Koenig ex Wall.; Sphaeroschoenus wallichii (Nees) Nees); . Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NW. Pacific:…

  • Parthenocissus vitacea (Canada)

    Parthenocissus inserta from Canada-GS06122021-5: 5 high res. images. Pathenocissus inserta often confused with P. quinquefolia but differentiated by lustrous leaflets (not opaque), tendrils with less than six branches (not six or more), tips of tendril branches pointed (not with discs) and dichotomous inflorescence (not racemose). photographed from along Burnhampthorpe Rd…

  • Crotalaria goreensis (Introduced)

    Crotalaria goreensis Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 165 (1832) (syn: Crotalaria falcata Schumach. & Thonn.; Crotalaria guineensis D.Dietr.; Crotalaria leopoldvillensis De Wild.; Crotalaria macrostipula Steud. ex A.Rich.); . Cape Verde to Tropical Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea…

  • Cyperaceae member- Bhopal, M.P.

    Need fluffy sedge ID: 3 images in pdf Black soil; Bhopal; 1/12/2021 Is it ok to post images as pdfs? It gets downloaded and then only one can open  again & see. Better if you post as images. Pl. always post jpg images. Pl. see Posting Guidelines  

  • Opuntia stricta

    Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 191 1812. (syn: Cactus opuntia var. inermis DC.; Cactus strictus Haw.; Consolea bahamana (Britton & Rose) A.Berger; Opuntia airampo Phil.; Opuntia bahamana Britton & Rose; Opuntia balearica F.A.C.Weber ex Hirscht; Opuntia bartramii Raf.; Opuntia bentonii Griffiths; Opuntia dillenii var. reitzii Scheinvar; Opuntia inermis (DC.) DC.; Opuntia keyensis Britton ex Small; Opuntia longiclada Griffiths; Opuntia magnifica Small; Opuntia nejapensis Bravo; Opuntia parva A.Berger;…

  • Helicteres obtusa

    Helicteres obtusa Wall., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 62 (1873) (syn: Helicteres angustifolia var. obtusifolia (Wall. ex Kurz) King); . China (S. Yunnan) to W. Indo-China: Andaman Is., China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Malvaceae herb from Kamorta ID..: 3 high res. images. In Feb…

  • Oldenlandia pumila

    Oldenlandia pumila (L.f.) DC., Prodr. 4: 425 1830. (syn: Hedyotis pumila L.f.; Oldenlandia crystallina Roxb.); . India to Malaya, Jawa: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Annual or perennial herbs, from long and woody root stock, usually branched near the base, branches diffuse procumbent…

  • Carduus edelbergii ?

    PLant for ID 17072013 CS1 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors. Please help in identification of this compositae weed from Srinagar Cirsium wallichii Looks different from images at Cirsium wallichii DC. Appears close to images at Carduus edelbergii Rech.f. Again C. verutum, see my earlier comments. Looks different from phyllaries and spines…

  • Liliaceae member?- Jumla, West Nepal

    SK 3215 10 September 2021: 5 very high res. images. Location: Jumla, West Nepal Altitude: 2500m. Date: 25 August 2021 Habit : Wild Liliaceae …???  

  • Schizolobium parahyba (Introduced)

    Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F.Blake, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 240 (1919) (syn: Caesalpinia parahyba Allemão; Cassia parahyba Vell.; Schizolobium amazonicum Huber ex Ducke; Schizolobium excelsum Vogel; Schizolobium glutinosum Tul.; Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum (Huber ex Ducke) Barneby); . S. Mexico to S. Tropical America: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El…

  • Berberis glaucocarpa hybrid ?

    SK 3184 30 November 2021: Location: Mugu, Rara, West Nepal Altitude: 2913m. Date: 20 August 2021  Habit : Wild Berberis… ??? Not sure what it is, it looks like a hybrid, could be a hybrid of B. glaucocarpa.  

  • Philadelphus species- Hazuribagh Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir

    Philadelphus incanus for validation from Kashmir-GS28112021-2: 7 high res. images. Philadelphus incanus for validation Clicked from Hazuribagh Garden, 1600 m, Srinagar, Kashmir, cultivated, 19-5-2012 Pl. also consider Philadelphus coronarius (Cultivated) as per Rosaceae week:: Philadelphus coronarius from Srinagar – (NSJ-01) and Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986- Details). Please notice inflorescence and sepals…

  • Potentilla species- Tapiana, Sialkot, Kashmir

    Potentilla for ID from Kashmir-GS28112021-8: 5 images. Please help with ID of Potentilla species clicked from Tapiana, Sialkot, Kashmir, May I request you to pl. check with images at Potentilla atrosanguinea Lodd. ex D. Don var. argyrophylla (Wall. ex Lehm.) Grierson & D. G. Long I hope Potentilla kashmirica I think looks different from images at Potentilla…

  • Pycnospora lutescens

    Pycnospora lutescens (Poir.) Schindl., J. Bot. 64: 145 (1926) (syn: Colutea trifoliata (L.) Poir.; Crotalaria nallamalayana Rasingam & J.Swamy; Crotalaria nervosa Graham; Crotalaria tappenbeckiana K.Schum. & Lauterb.; Desmodium lutescens (Poir.) DC.; Desmodium viride Vogel; Flemingia polysperma Moon; Hedysarum lutescens Poir.; Meibomia lutescens (Poir.) Kuntze; Meibomia viridis (Vogel) Kuntze; Phaca trifoliata L.; Phyllodium lutescens (Poir.) Desv.; Pycnospora hedysaroides Benth.; Pycnospora nervosa Wight & Arn.; Zornia lutescens (Poir.)…

  • Berberis karnaliensis

    Berberis karnaliensis Bh. Adhikari, Edinburgh J. Bot. 69: 500 (2012); . Nepal as per POWO; . SK 3188 01 September 2021: 5 high res. images. Location: Mugu, Rara, West Nepal Altitude: 2913m. Date: 20 August 2021  Habit : Wild Berberis …?? This looks close to Berberis karnaliensis Bh.Adhikari.      …

  • Potentilla spodiochlora

    Potentilla spodiochlora Soják, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohemoslov. 1: 348 (1966); . Central & E. Himalaya: East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO; . SK 3196 04 September 2021: 5 very high res. images. Location: Mugu, Rara, West Nepal Altitude: 3260m. Date: 20 August 2021  Habit : Wild Potentilla spodiochlora Soják ?? Yes, appears…

  • Pachysandra terminalis (Introduced- Canada/ UK)

    Pachysandra terminalis Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 142 1845. ; . Central & E. China, S. Sakhalin to Japan: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Sakhalin; Introduced into: Austria, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Germany, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New…

  • Parnassia nubicola

    Parnassia nubicola Wall. ex Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 227, pl. 50, f. 3 1835. (syn: Parnassia cordata (Drude) Z.P.Jien ex T.C.Ku; Parnassia nubicola var. nana T.C.Ku; Parnassia tibetana Z.P.Jien ex T.C.Ku); . E. Afghanistan to China (NW. Yunnan): Afghanistan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . SK 3193…

  • Scrophularia elatior

    Scrophularia elatior Wall. ex Benth., Scroph. Ind. 18 1835. (syn: Scrophularia petitmenginii Bonati); . S. Xinjiang, Central & E. Himalaya to China (Yunnan): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Benth. Scroph. Ind. 18, and in DC. Prodr. x. 304 ; tall, glabrous or glandular above, stem 4-winged, leaves…