Dietes grandiflora N.E.Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 35 1928. ; . Common name: Wild Iris, Fairy Iris, Butterfly Iris . Dietes grandiflora (large wild iris, fairy iris) is a rhozomatous perennial plant with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves belonging to the Iridaceae family. This species is common in horticulture…
Crotalaria multiflora (Arn.) Benth. (Syn: Crotalaria bifaria var. multiflora Arn.); The most robust and showy species of the section. Leaves distinctly stalked, sub-coriaceous, dark green, glandular, punctate, usually 1-2 in., but reaching in a narrow¬leaved form 4-5 in. Peduncles foot, stout, arcuate, densely clothed like the stem with short spreading…
IBIS-Flora: A working Flora of India with a baseline database : 6 posts by 3 authors. THE IBIS FLORA PORTAL A hundred years after the publication of “The Flora of British India”, the time has arrived to compile and update the data on floral biodiversity of India with the…
Hopea glabra Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 85 1834. ; Images by Santhan P. Habit- Trees ca. 20 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark brownish. Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets dark colored, terete, glabrous. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules caducous; petioles ca. 2 cm long; lamina…
Hypericum monogynum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 1107 1763. (Syn: Ascyrum monogynum (L.) Moench; Brathydium aureum K.Koch; Hypericum amoenum Pursh (Unresolved); Hypericum aureum Lour.; Hypericum chinense L. [Illegitimate]; Hypericum chinense subsp. latifolium Kuntze….; Hypericum monogynum var. salicifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) André; Hypericum salicifolium Siebold & Zucc.; Hypericum sinense J.F.Gmel. (Unresolved); Komana salicifolia…
BND 44 4/11/14 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please ID this small ornamental plant with red flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2012. I think this is Sanchezia parvibracteata efi page on Sanchezia parvibracteata. Does not look like it.
Euphorbia corrigioloides Boiss., Cent. Euphorb. 11 1860. (Syn: Chamaesyce corrigioloides (Boiss.) Soják; Euphorbia disticha Engelm. ex Boiss.); Images by Muthu Karthick – Id by N.P.Balakrishnan Root stout, crowned with a short stock ; branches long and flexuous, 4-10 in., pale, usually much stouter than in other species of this…
Fwd: EXPLORING BLACK BUCK NATIONAL PARK, MOUNT SHETRUNJAY & SEA SHORE Trekking 2014 – 15. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4) Youth Hostels Bhavnagar Unit Organized 1st time in India Tripple Combination Trek.Only 1 Group (50 Participants) 1st come 1st base.Reporting Date: 28/12/2014, Sunday.End On 03/01/2015,…
Impatiens balsamina var. macrantha Hook.f. ; . Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID – Impatiens01:: ARKNOV-31 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Requesting to please provide ID of this Impatiens captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014. Encountered 3-4 species of Impatiens on the trip, very confusing… Will…
Desmodium pryonii DC. (Syn: Desmodium prisoni sensu Schindl. [Spelling variant]; Desmodium wightii Wight & Arn.; Hedysarum pryonii (DC.) Spreng.; Meibomia wightii (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze); Distribution: Andhra Pradesh4, Karnataka1, Kerala1, Tamil Nadu5 (ILDIS); Erect shrubs; stems angled, villous. Leaflets to 7 x 3.5 cm, rhomboid, acuminate at apex, densely…
Fwd: sir plz id…. : 4 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. collected from shillong ….. Persicaria sp. Bistorta vivipara L. Bistorta macrophylla is also possible as – as per flora of China, one of the major differences between B. vivipara and B. macrophylla is the presence of bulbills in the lower parts of the…
Taiwania cryptomerioides ?; Tree For ID : California : 27OCT14 : AK-34 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Tree seen in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on the 30th Sept,14. Sorry for bad pictures due to less light. Couldn’t go closer. Could be one…
Images by Siva Siva (Identified by Dr. Santhosh Kumar), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) BND 84 12/11/14 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Please ID this small ornamental plant with pinkish-red flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in March 2012. Acalypha sp Acalypha species in efi so far Somewhat resembling…
Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID – Eriocaulon :: ARKNOV-16 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10) Requesting to please provide ID of this Eriocaulon captured at a couple of different places near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014. May be either Eriocaulon tuberiferum or Eriocaulon sedgwickii, as per images herein from Kas….
Dolichos trilobus L. (Syn: Dolichos andongensis Baker; Dolichos cristatus Miq.; Dolichos debilis A.Rich.; Dolichos falcata Klein [Spelling variant]; Dolichos falcatus Willd.; Dolichos kosyunensis Hosok.; Dolichos schliebenii Harms; Dolichos trilobus subsp. trilobus ; Dolichos tuberosus Roxb.; Vigna tenuis Franch.); . Distribution In India: Andhra Pradesh20, Assam30, Goa26, Gujarat21, Himachal Pradesh25, Karnataka17, Kerala29,…
Cistus × purpureus Lam., Encycl. 2: 14 1786. (Syn: Cistus × purpureus var. argenteus Demoly); Garden Flower For ID : California : 09NOV14 : AK-20 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Cultivated, garden flower seen in San Francisco on the 1st of October. Single pink flower. do you…
Alysicarpus luteovexillatus Naik & Pokle; . Distribution: Maharashtra (ILDIS); . Request for Species ID 111009 DKV 4 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) Plant seen growing wild Mhow, indore, madhya pradesh request species id This is Alysicarpus sp. try getting fruits close up with calyx. those are used…
Paspalum urvillei Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 24 1853. (syn: Paspalum dilatatum var. parviflorum Döll; Paspalum griseum Hack. ex Corrêa, nom. nud.; Paspalum griseum Hack. ex Loefgr.; Paspalum larranagae Arechav.; Paspalum ovatum var. parviflorum Nees; Paspalum vaseyanum Scribn.; Paspalum velutinum Trin. ex Nees, pro syn.; Paspalum virgatum var. parviflorum Döll; Paspalum virgatum var. pubiflorum Vasey); . Bolivia to Brazil…
Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID – Garden flower :: ARKNOV-45 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Ending my Satara series for now with this post Requesting to please provide ID of this common garden flower captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014. Is it…