• Costus comosus var. bakeri (Introduced)

    Costus comosus var. bakeri (K.Schum.) Maas, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 8: 85 1972. (syn: Costus bakeri K.Schum.); . S. Mexico to Ecuador: Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá as per POWO; , IND 13 8/7/14 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Can you please ID this…

  • Eriogonum fasciculatum (USA)

    Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 411 1837. (Syn: Eriogonum fasciculatum var. aspalathoides Gand.; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. aspalathoides (Gand.) S.Stokes; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. aspathaloides (Gand.) S. Stokes; Eriogonum fasciculatum var. ericifolium M.E.Jones; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. fasciculatum ; Eriogonum fasciculatum var. fasciculatum ; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. foliolosum (Nutt.) S.Stokes;…

  • Ferocactus herrerae ?

    Ferocactus herrerae J.G.Ortega, México Forest. 5: 53 1927. (syn: Ferocactus wislizeni var. herrerae (J.G.Ortega) N.P.Taylor; Ferocactus wislizeni subsp. herrerae (J.G.Ortega) Pilbeam & Bowdery) ?; . Cactus For ID : Nasik : 060714 : AK-11 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Seen at the same Cactus Nursery on 27/2/14….

  • Tinospora species ?- Dhaka City

      Climber ID from Bangladesh SM127 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Climbing Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Dhaka City Hard to select from Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson,  Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson and Ipomoea alba L.      

  • Dendrobium hybrids- Mizoram

          Orchid for ID (Eulophia sp.?) : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1 + 1). Location  MizoramDate : 23-06-2014Habit : Epiphytic herb ?Habitat : Growing wild It seems like a species of Dendrobium. But not matching with any known species reported so far from India. May be…

  • Amaranthus cruentus ?

    Amaranthus cruentus ?; . Amaranthus ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Name of species-  ID Please Common Name (English)-  ID Please Family-  Amaranthaceae Photo taken on-  19,Nov 2009 At-  Pani pech, Jaipur, Rajasthan Observation- very much branchy and straight Amaranthus species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/…

  • Cephalocereus senilis ?

    Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 142 1838. (Syn: Cactus bradypus Lehm.; Cactus senilis Haw.; Cephalocereus senilis f. cristatus (Mathsson) P.V.Heath; Cephalocereus senilis f. fasciatus P.V.Heath; Cephalophorus senilis (Haw.) Lem.; Cereus bradypus (Lehm.) Steud.; Cereus senilis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck ex DC.; Echinocactus senilis (Haw.) Beaton; Echinocactus staplesiae Tate; Euporteria senilis…

  • Cephalocereus

    Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) Pfeiff. ?  

  • Mammillaria species- Cactus Nursery in Nasik

         Cactus For ID : Nasik : 050714 : AK-7 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). A small, cultivated Cactus at a Cactus Nursery in Nasik. Picture taken on 27/2/14. This could be Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis, Mammillaria ‘Arizona Snowcap’ as suggested in another thread.   But…

  • Terminalia chebula ?

    Terminalia chebula ?; .   Tree ID from Bangladesh SM103 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Terminalia chebula ? Habit: Tree Habitat: Park Location: Dhaka Flowering: June efi page on Terminalia chebula   No. Something very different. Seems to be Teminalia chebula. Though FoC informs T. chebula Retz. has leaf with 6-12 pairs of lateral veins, yet…

  • Wahlenbergia hederacea (Cultivated- USA)

    Wahlenbergia hederacea (L.) Rchb., Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 5: 47 1827. (Syn: Aikinia hederacea (L.) Salisb. ex Fourr.; Campanopsis hederacea (L.) Kuntze; Campanula hederacea L.; Campanula hederifolia Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Campanula pentagonophylla Vuk.; Cervicina hederacea (L.) Druce; Roucela hederacea (L.) Dumort.; Schultesia hederacea (L.) Roth; Valvinterlobus filiformis Dulac; Wahlenbergia hederifolia (Salisb.)…

  • Isotoma fluviatilis (Cultivated- USA)

    Isotoma fluviatilis (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 136 1868. (Syn: Enchysia baueri C.Presl .; Enchysia gaudichaudii C.Presl; Enchysia lessonii C.Presl; Hypsela sessiliflora E.Wimm.; Isotoma fluviatilis subsp. fluviatilis ; Isotoma fluviatilis var. inundata (R.Br.) Benth.; Isotoma sessiliflora (E.Wimm.) Lammers; Laurentia baueri (C.Presl) A.DC. .; Laurentia fluviatilis (R.Br.) E.Wimm. ..; Laurentia gaudichaudii (C.Presl)…

  • Isotoma

      Isotoma fluviatilis (Cultivated- USA)  (Images by Gurcharan Singh)   Isotoma page (‎‎‎‎Campanulaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Isotoma page (‎‎‎Campanulaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by …). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody…

  • Tylophora pauciflora

    Tylophora pauciflora Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India 49 1834. (Syn: Cynanchum bracteatum Thunb.; Cynanchum flavens Thunb.; Tylophora parviflora Wight [Spelling variant]); .  Slender twiners; stem long-twining, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 3.5-7 x 2-4 cm, ovate, truncate or very shallowly cordate at the base, acute and apiculate at the apex, very…

  • Polygonum species- Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Herb ID from Bangladesh SM108 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Dhaka It is Polygonum The leaves at the bottom side of the 1st photo looks like Rumex, possibly R. dentatus L., at initial stage. But, if all leaves belong to same plant I agree with …

  • Calliandra brevipes (Cultivated)

    Calliandra brevipes Benth. (Syn: Acacia selloi Spreng.; Anneslia brevipes (Benth.) Lindm.; Calliandra selloi (Spreng.) J.F.Macbr.; Calliandra selloi sensu auct. (misapplied); Calliandra yucunensis N.F.Mattos; Feuilleea brevipes Kuntze); images by Dr. Nidhan Singh   Common name: Pink Powder Puff   Calliandra brevipes (Pink Powderpuff) is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters…

  • Can pictures from other than India be posted

        Querry : 2 posts by 2 authors. Can pictures from other than India be posted/ Thanks, …, If you are talking of Nepal, you are most welcome to post any Flora pictures.        

  • Looking for information on shade loving shrubs/herbs

        Looking for information on shade loving shrubs/herbs : 4 posts by 2 authors. I am looking for a few native varieties of shade loving shrubs/herbs that can in a region which does not receive much sunlight naturally and is also shaded by some palms. It would be preferable…

  • Campanula portenschlagiana (Cultivated- USA)

    Campanula portenschlagiana Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 93 1819. (Syn: Campanula affinis Rchb. ex Nyman [Illegitimate]; Campanula muralis Port. ex A.DC.; Campanula portenschlagiana f. grandiflora Soljan; Campanula portenschlagiana var. hirsuta Soljan; Campanula portenschlagiana var. pubescens A.DC.; Campanula portenschlagiana var. pumila Soljan); . Campanula portenschlagiana syn. C. muralis, is a species of…