• Cyperus species- Panipat

          Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Cyperaceae: Sedge for id from Panipat- NS 52 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors.    This interesting sedge with terete branches was shot from near HPGCL, Panipat..id requested.. This is also Scirpus (Schoenoplectus) species. How about S. supinus L. ?…

  • Balsamorhiza sagittata (USA)

    Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt., “Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 350” 350 1840. (Syn: Balsamorhiza helianthoides (Nutt.) Nutt.; Buphthalmum sagittatum Pursh; Espeletia helianthoides Nutt.; Espeletia sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.);   Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)       Asteraceae Fortnight Part…

  • Ixora species- Hooghly

          Hooghly : Ixora polyantha Wight ??? : Attachments (5).  5 posts by 3 authors. Found another plant somewhat similar to my earlier post – https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/indiantreepix/aeWdGDgGt8I. But, this one – smaller than the earlier, a shrub corolla tube is smaller fairly scented, instead of highly scented I think the…

  • Echinocactus platyacanthus ?

    Echinocactus platyacanthus (syn: Echinocactus ingens) ?; . Cactus For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 020513 : AK-5 : Attachments (1).  3 posts by 2 authors. Again a small potted Cactus at the BBC Show in MNP, Mumbai on 31/3/13. Cultivated plant. This one is tough …, It looks like a Gymnocalycium to…

  • Bidens aurea

    Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 59: 313 1915. (syn: Bidens arguta Kunth; Bidens arguta var. luxurians (Willd.) DC.; Bidens aurea var. wrightii (A. Gray) Sherff; Bidens decolorata Kunth; Bidens ferulifolia (Jacq.) DC.; Bidens heterophylla Orteg.; Bidens heterophylla var. wrightii A. Gray (ambiguous synonym); Bidens longifolia DC.; Bidens luxurians Willd.; Bidens…

  • Argyranthemum foeniculaceum (USA)

    Argyranthemum foeniculaceum (Willd.) Webb ex Sch.Bip., 262 1844. (Syn: Chrysanthemum anethifolium Brouss. ex Willd.; Chrysanthemum crithmifolium Brouss. ex Buch; Chrysanthemum foeniculaceum (Willd.) Steud.; Pyrethrum foeniculaceum Willd.);   Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)         Asteraceae Week Part…

  • Arctotheca prostrata (USA)

    Arctotheca prostrata (Salisb.) Britten, 61 1916. (Syn: Arctotheca grandiflora Schrad.; Arctotheca hirta Schrad. ex Steud.; Arctotheca repens J.C.Wendl.; Arctotis interrupta Thunb.; Arctotis prostrata Salisb.; Arctotis repens Jacq.); . Asteraceae Week Part 1-Radiate Heads: Arctotheca prostrata from California-GS22 : Attachments (3).  2 posts by 2 authors. Arctotheca protrata, a perennial mat forming…

  • Arctotheca (Cichorioideae- Arctotideae)

    Arctotheca prostrata (Salisb.) Britten (USA) (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

  • Carex species- Chakrata, Uttarakhand

    Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Poaceae : For identification from Chakrata 2011- NS 34 : Attachments (7).  5 posts by 3 authors. This one was shot from some location in Chakrata, the leaves are sedge like, please help in id… Carex sp. Cyperaceae Thanks … I was not sure whether…

  • Saxifraga saginoides

    Saxifraga saginoides Hook. f. & Thomson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 68 68 1858. (Syn: Hirculus saignoides (Hook. f. & Thomson) Losinsk.);        Saxifraga saginoides (Saxifragaceae) from Uttarakhand: Aug_2015_DSR_08 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Saxifraga saginoides Hook.f. & Thomson (Saxifragaceae) is a less frequent cushion…

  • Schoenoplectiella species- Srinagar, Kashmir

          Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Cyperaceae- Scirpus sp. for ID from Kashmir-GS101 : Attachments (4).  3 posts by 2 authors. Scirpus sp. photographed from banks of lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. Pl. help in ID Pl. also check comparative images at Schoenoplectiella  Have had a quick look at the…

  • Asteriscus sericeus (Cultivated- USA)

    Asteriscus sericeus (L.f.) DC., 486 1836. (syn: Bubonium sericeum (L.f.) Halvorsen & Wiklund; Buphthalmum sericeum L.f.; Nauplius sericeus (L.f.) Cass.; Odontospermum sericeum (L.f.) Sch.Bip.);    Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)       Asteraceae Fortnight Part 1-Radiate heads: Asteriscus sericeus…

  • Astrophytum hybrid at the Bonsai, Bougainvillea and Cactus Show

    Cactus For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 010513 : AK-1 : Attachments (1).  5 posts by 2 authors. A cactus seen at the Bonsai, Bougainvillea and Cactus Show at MNP, Mumbai on 31/3/13. Very small, potted, cultivated plant. Astrophytum? Astrophytum hybrid along the lines of – A. asterias x A. capricorne Nice…

  • Orvasca species- moth caterpillar

          hello : Attachments (1)- 2 MB.  1 post by 1 author. This pic is clicked in Dec.2012 This beauty is a moth caterpillar – Orvasca sp. (Erebidae; Lymantriinae) and here is a request for the herb ID pl and thanks    

  • Ruellia simplex ?

    Ruellia simplex C.Wright, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6: 321 1869. (syn: Ruellia brittoniana Leonard [Illegitimate]); . efloraofindia:”For Id 09042013MR2’’ is this Ruellia spp at Pune : Attachments (4). 5 posts by 3 authors. April 2013 Kindly help Id this potted plant height about 2 ft at a housing society…

  • Leucanthemum x superbum (Introduced)

    Leucanthemum × superbum (Bergmans ex J.W.Ingram) D.H.Kent, Watsonia 18(1) 89 1990. (Syn: (=) Chrysanthemum maximum hort.; (≡) Chrysanthemum ×superbum Bergmans ex J. W. Ingram (basionym)); . lew-KANTH-ih-mum — white flower … Dave’s Botanary x — hybrid … L. lacustre (Brot.) Samp. × L. maximum (Ramond) DC. … Wikipedia soo-PER-bum —…

  • Vol. 139 (3):2013, pg 202-211 of the Indian Forester

        Respected members,  : 5 posts by 3 authors. I immediately require a copy of an article published in Vol. 139 (3):2013, pg 202-211 of the Indian Forester. Can anyone help me with this Please check if you receive this mail. I received this pdf- so others might also…