• Pelargonium graveolens ?

    Pelargonium graveolens ?; . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week :: DV05 :: 17 NOV 11 13:12 :: Geraniaceae » Pelargonium graveolens in Ooty: (4 images). Geraniaceae Pelargonium graveolens L’Hér. pe-lar-GO-nee-um — from the Greek for stork – referring to the seed heads … Dave’s Botanary grav-ee-OH-lens — heavy scented, unpleasant…

  • Impatiens monticola

    Impatiens monticola Hook. f., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 4, 10: 257 1908. ; . Common name: Mountain Balsam . MS Oct. 2016/13 Impatiens sp. for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Kepran, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 1,200 m. Date : 05/11/2015 Habit :…

  • Tilia species- Bratislava castle, Slovakia

    Tree for ID :: Bratislava :: EU_ARKOCT44 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) This tree too was seen in the grounds of the Bratislava castle, Slovakia in May 2016. Requested to please provide ID. Tilia spp. A possible ID provided on an FB group is Tilia tomentosa Tilia…

  • Luffa graveolens

    Luffa graveolens Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 716 1832.;     Luffa graveolens Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae) from Pantnagar : DSR_Oct. 2016_3/3 : 4 posts by 3 authors. This cucurbit was seen along cultivated fields in Pantnagar area. Identified as Luffa graveolens Roxb., it also resemble to L. saccata, a new…

  • Cuphea procumbens (Introduced)

    Cuphea procumbens Ortega, Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec. 17 1797. (syn: Cuphea bilimekii Koehne; Cuphea erecta Hoffmanns.; Cuphea palustris Hemsl.; Cuphea procumbens Cav.; Cuphea purpurea hort. ex Lem.; Parsonsia bilimekii (Koehne) Standl.; Parsonsia procumbens (Cav.) A. A. Heller); C. America, naturalised around Kathmandu as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of…

  • Myosotis species- Darjeeling botanical garden

    Androsace sarementosa for validation:  Androsace sarementosa perhaps, family primulaceae growing wild in the darjeeling botanical garden and elsewhere in the town photographed in the first week of april I hope a member of Boragnaceae, perhaps Myosotis sp. I do not know either of these two genera. However, i give my search…

  • Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?

    Crateva adansonii subsp. odora ?   please id the tree:  it is medium sized tree with trifolite leaves. picture of fruits are attached. tree is near to sea on paddy field. location is Alibag/raigad/maharashtra. please help to id These may be floral galls (not fruits) on Crateva species. Crataeva tapia…

  • Strobilanthes capitata

    Strobilanthes capitata (Nees) T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 475 1867. (syn: Goldfussia capitata Nees); . Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal as per Flora of China; . Much-branched undershrub, 0.5-1.5m, often leafless when in flower. Stems decumbent or ascending, glabrescent below, thinly pilose above. Leaves unequal, (Lanceolate-) broadly elliptic…

  • Myosotis scorpioides

    Myosotis scorpioides L., Sp. Pl. 131 1753. (syn: Echioides palustris (Hill) Moench; Echioides perennis (Moench) Moench; Myosotis adpressa Stokes; Myosotis aspera LaMotte; Myosotis coronaria Dum.; Myosotis dumortieri Thielens; Myosotis geniculata Schur; Myosotis montana Pourr. ex Steud.; Myosotis multiflora Mérat; Myosotis nemorosa Bess.; Myosotis palustris Hill; Myosotis perennis Moench; Myosotis scorpioides…

  • Tripterygium wilfordii

    Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. fil., Gen. Pl. 1: 368 1862. (syn: Tripterygium bullockii Hance; Tripterygium forrestii Loes.; Tripterygium hypoglaucum (H. Lév.) Hutchinson ; Tripterygium regelii Sprague & Takeda ; Tripterygium regelii var. occidentale T. Yamazaki; Tripterygium wilfordii var. regelii (Sprague & Takeda) Makino); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,…

  • Sonerila grandiflora

    Sonerila grandiflora R. Br., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4099 1831. (syn: Cassebeeria grandiflora (R. Br. ex Wall.) Kuntze);     Sonerila from south : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) ID please This sonerila from southern western ghats  Dated 25 sept 2009 Thanks, … Nice images. Pl. check comparative images at…

  • Ranunculus repens (Europe) ?

    Ranunculus repens L., Sp. Pl. 554 1753. (Syn: Ranunculastrum repens (L.) Fourr.; Ranunculastrum reptabundum Fourr.; Ranunculus belvisii DC.; Ranunculus clintonii Beck; Ranunculus hortensis Schur; Ranunculus infestus Salisb.; Ranunculus lagascanus DC.; Ranunculus lucidus Poir.; Ranunculus oenanthifolius Ten. & Guss.; Ranunculus prostratus Poir.; Ranunculus pubescens Lag.; Ranunculus repens var. brevistylus Maxim. ……;…

  • Cardamine pratensis (Europe)

    Cardamine pratensis L., Sp. Pl. 656 1753.; Cardamine pratensis (cuckooflower or lady’s smock), is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia. The specific name pratensis is Latin for “meadow.” Cardamine pratensis is a herbaceous, hairless,[1] perennial plant growing to 40–60 cm tall, with…

  • Saussurea glanduligera

    Saussurea glanduligera Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f., 371 1881. (syn: Saussurea glanduligera var. glanduligera ; Saussurea glanduligera var. major Hook.f.); . Ladakh flora 15, up. id pl : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location -on the way getting down from Kongmarula to Shang-sumdo  at the height of appro 4700 mtr….

  • Dendrobium ochreatum

    Dendrobium ochreatum Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1756 1835. (Syn: Callista ochreata (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium cambridgeanum Paxton); . E. Nepal to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand as per POWO; . Common name: Ochre-Yellow Dendrobium • Mizo: Naubân .   MS Oct. 2016/20 Dendrobium sp. for ID : 5 posts…

  • Oberonia balakrishnanii

    Oberonia balakrishnanii R.Ansari, Orchid Monogr. 4: 16 1990. ; . India (Tamil Nadu) as per WCSP; . 112-TSP-ID-19OCT2016-1: Oberonia sp (Orchidaceae) @ Mullaianagiri, for ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly examine and identify this Oberonia sp (Orchidaceae)  Habit: Herb  Habitat: Wild, epiphytic, Shola forest.  Sighting: Mullaianagiri,…

  • Erythranthe

    Erythranthe guttata (DC.) G.L.Nesom (Cultivated)   Erythranthe hybrida (Siebert & Voss) Silverside (Cultivated)   Erythranthe nepalensis (Benth.) G.L.Nesom (Nepal, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Bhutan, Darjeeling, Tibet, China (Yunnan, Sichuan, ?etc.), Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life)