• Cistus × laxus (Cultivated- USA)

    Cistus ×laxus Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:233. 1789 (pro. sp.);      Garden Flower For ID : California : 09NOV14 : AK-19 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3). White garden flower seen on the 1st of October in San Francisco. Small plant, with a single flower. was this in…

  • Frangula californica (USA)

    Frangula californica (Eschsch.) A.Gray, Gen. Amer. Bor. 2: 178 1849. (Syn: Endotropis oleifera Raf.; Rhamnus californica Eschsch.; Rhamnus purshiana var. californica (Eschsch.) Rehder); . Rhamnus californica (syn. Frangula californica), commonly known as coffeeberry and California buckthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorns. It is…

  • Lavandula gibsonii

    Lavandula gibsonii J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 149 1839. (Syn: Lavandula lawii Wight; Lavandula perrottetii Benth.);      Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID validation :: ARKNOV-05 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8). Requesting to please validate ID of this plant captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014. The…

  • Euphorbiaceae member- Sri Lanka

        HAL 36 28/10/2014 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Please ID this small medicinal shrub. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2012. It seems some Jatropha related Euphorbiaceae plant Your ID led to believe the plant may be Baliospermum solanifolium or Micrococca mercurialia both…

  • Sagina saginoides

    Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl. 539 1882. (Syn: Alsine linnaei Jess.; Alsine saginoides Crantz; Alsinella alpestris Bubani; Alsinella saginoides (L.) Greene; Phaloe saginoides (L.) Dumort.; Sagina linnaei C.Presl; Sagina linnaei var. micrantha (Bunge) Fenzl; Sagina macrocarpa (Rchb.) Maly; Sagina micrantha (Bunge) Fernald; Sagina rosoni Merino; Sagina saginoides var. hesperia…

  • Hypericum aegypticum (Cultivated- USA)

    Hypericum aegypticum L., Sp. pl. 2:784. 1753 ; Image by Gurcharan Singh Hypericaceae, Clusiaceae and Dipterocarpaceae Fortnight: Hypericum aegypticum L.. from California-GSNOV03 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).   Hypericum aegypticum L. Shrubby St’Johns Weed Photographed from University of California Botanical Garden         References: GRIN  The…

  • Hypericum calycinum (Cultivated- USA)

    Hypericum calycinum L., Mant. Pl. 1: 106 1767. (Syn: Androsaemum calycinum (L.) T.Lestib.; Ascyrum calycinum (L.) Poir.; Ascyrum coriaceum Moench [Illegitimate]; Eremanthe calycina (L.) Spach; Eremanthe venosa (Lam.) K.Koch; Hypericum calycinum var. acutifolium Choisy; Hypericum grandiflorum Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Hypericum venosum Lam.; Norysca calycina (L.) Blume; Norysca venosa (Lam.) Blume); Images…

  • Small ornamental shrub with violet flowers in Sri Lanka

          BND 12 2/11/14 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Please ID this small ornamental shrub with violet flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in March 2013. Mansoa alliaceae; I hope. Does not look like Mansoa alliacea        

  • Crotalaria obtecta

    Crotalaria obtecta Wight & Arn. (Syn: Crotalaria obtecta var. glabrescens (Benth.) Baker);    Woody undershrubs. Leaves 3.5-7 x 2-4 cm, elliptic ovate to obovate, obtuse at apex, cuneate at base, velvetty below when young, sparsely hairy on ageing. Stipules 0.5-0.7 cm long, subulate, deciduous. Racemes many-flowered. Calyx 2-2.5 cm long, lobes…

  • Swertia angustifolia var. pulchella

    Swertia angustifolia var. pulchella (D. Don) Burkill, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 2: 375 1906. (Syn: Ophelia pulchella D. Don; Swertia affinis C.B. Clarke; Swertia esquirolii H. Lév.; Swertia vacillans Maxim.); Branched herb; stem 4-angled, angles narrowly winged. Leaves lanceolate, 4 x 1.5 cm, estipulate, sessile, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-ribbed, base acute-cuneate,…

  • Sapling from western ghat

        Hello to everybody on this group! : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) I came across this egroup and decided to join because I need help in identification of several species of trees that I have planted for an NGO. They are not necessarily common and that…

  • Vicia bakeri

    Vicia bakeri Ali (Syn: Vicia pallida sensu Baker; Vicia pallida sensu auct. non Turcz.; Vicia sylvatica Benth.); . Common name: Wood Vetch . China (N) ; Sichuan ; Xizang Zizhiqu; India (N); Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir; Uttar Pradesh ; Nepal (N); Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS;. . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight…

  • Gisekia pharnaceoides

    Gisekia pharnaceoides L., Mant. Pl. 2: 562 1771. (Syn: Gisekia congesta Moq.; Gisekia linearifolia Schumach. & Thonn.; Gisekia linearifolia Fenzl ex Moq.; Gisekia molluginoides (Murray) Wight; Gisekia molluginoides Wight.; Gisekia occulta (Forssk.) Schult.; Gisekia pharnaceoides var. congesta (Moq.) Oliv.; Gisekia pharnaceoides var. pedunculata Oliv.; Gisekia rubella Hochst. ex Moq.; Koelreutera…

  • Gisekia

    Gisekia pharnaceoides L.     

  • Gisekiaceae

    Gisekia pharnaceoides L.     

  • Ceropegia elegans

    Ceropegia elegans Wall., Bot. Mag. 57: t. 3015 1830. (syn: .; Ceropegia elegans var. walkerae (Wight) Trimen; .; Ceropegia ledgeri N.E.Br.; Ceropegia mysorensis Wight; Ceropegia similis N.E.Br.; Ceropegia sphenanantha Wight & Arn.; Ceropegia sphenanthera Decne.; Ceropegia walkerae Wight);   Images by tspkumar  Twiners. Leaves to 4 x 3 cm, ovate,…

  • Cistus

    Cistus ×laxus Aiton (Cultivated- USA)   Cistus × purpureus Lam.  

  • Cistaceae

    Cistus ×laxus Aiton (Cultivated- USA)   Cistus × purpureus Lam.