• Silene coeli-rosa (Cultivated)

    Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr., Fl. France 1: 221 1847. (Syn: Agrostemma coeli-rosea L.; Coronaria coeli-rosa (L.) Fr. ex Heynh.; Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Endl.; Eudianthe oculata A.Braun; Lychnidia coeli-rosa (L.) Pomel; Lychnis coeli-rosa (L.) Desr.; Pontinia coeli-rosa (L.) Fr.; unresolved names ……………);        Caryophyllaceae Week: Silene coeli-rosa from Kashmir:…

  • Pleione praecox

    Pleione praecox (Sm.) D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 37 1825. (Syn: Coelogyne birmanica Rchb.f.; Coelogyne praecox (Sm.) Lindl. …; Coelogyne reichenbachiana T.Moore & Veitch; Coelogyne wallichiana Lindl.; Cymbidium praecox (Sm.) Lindl.; Dendrobium praecox (Sm.) Sm.; Epidendrum praecox Sm.; Pleione birmanica (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams; Pleione concolor B.S.Williams; Pleione praecox var. alba E.W.Cooper ……; Pleione…

  • Andrographis lawsonii

    Andrographis lawsonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 375 1923. ;   Images by Muthu Karthick, N, Ialidated by Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg)        Nilgiris: Acanthaceae for identification 191112MK02: Please help me to identify this small herb found in the grasslands of high altitudes….

  • Sagina subulata (USA)

    Sagina subulata (Sw.) C.Presl, Fl. Sicul. 158 1826. (Syn: Alsine subulata (Sw.) E.H.L. Krause; Arenaria verna H.Vilm.; Phaloe subulata (Sw.) Dumort.; Spergella subulata (Sw.) Rchb.; Spergula subulata Sw.);        Caryophyllaceae Week: Sagina subulata from California: Sagina subulata (Swartz) C. Presl, Fl. Sicul. 158. 1826. Common names: Irish moss,…

  • Sagina

      Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst.   Sagina saginoides ?     Sagina species in India: Sagina apetala Ard. S. japonica (Sw.) Ohwi S. procumbens L. S. purii R.D.Gaur S. saginoides (L.) H.Karst.  References: Majumdar, N.C. 1993. Caryophyllaceae. In; Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P. and Sanjappa, M. (Eds.) Flora of India Vol-2,…

  • Dendrobium gratiosissimum

    Dendrobium gratiosissimum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23: 99 1865. (Syn: Callista boxaleii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratiosissima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratissima (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved); Dendrobium boxallii Rchb.f.; Dendrobium bullerianum Bateman); . Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Graceful…

  • Cleisostoma tenuifolium

    Cleisostoma tenuifolium (L.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 175 1972. (Syn: Aerides tenuifolia (L.) Moon; Cleisostoma pauciflorum (Wight) Senghas; Cymbidium tenuifolium (L.) Willd.; Epidendrum tenuifolium L.; Gastrochilus acuminatus (Thwaites) Kuntze; Saccolabium acuminatum Thwaites; Saccolabium peninsulare (Dalzell) Alston; Saccolabium tenuifolium (L.) Alston; Sarcanthus pauciflorus Wight; Sarcanthus peninsularis Dalzell; Sarcanthus tenuifolius (L.)…

  • Silene falconeriana

    Silene falconeriana Benth. in Royle, Ill. Himal. Mts. Cashm. 79. t. 20. 1834. Rohrb., Monogr. der Gatt. Silene 202. 1868; Edgew. & Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 220. 1874; E. Nasir in Biologia 5: 66: 1959; Stewart; Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 252. 1972. ;…

  • Indigofera trita ?

    Indigofera trita L.f. ?; . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: FOR ID Indigofera sp. :: Yeoor Hills :: DVOCT91 : 7 posts by 3 authors. 5 images. Indigofera sp. Herb standing about 2 – 3 feet high, flower about 3 mm across, pod about an inch long, 2 – 3 mm wide….

  • Parnassia wightiana

    Parnassia wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 35 35 1834. (Syn: Parnassia ornata Wall. ex Arn.; Parnassia wightiana var. ornata (Wall. ex Arn.) Drude); .   Parnassia wightiana from Uttarakhand: Oct. 2014_DSR_2 :  5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). Parnassia wightiana Wall. ex Wight &…

  • Pedicularis perrottetii

    Pedicularis perrottetii Benth., Prodr. 10: 565 1846. ;   Annual herbs, sparsely pubescent; stems 10-20 cm tall, rigid but wavy, sparsely hairy. Leaves numerous, 3.6-6 cm, alternate, glandular-hairy, petioled, oblong, pinnatifid; lobes oblong, subrecurved, obtuse, crenate. Flowers few, subsessile, axillary. Calyx 2.5 cm long, tubular; lobes crested. Corolla white, 7-15…

  • Dyschoriste

    Dyschoriste dalzellii (T.Anderson ex Bedd.) Kuntze (Images by Narendra Joshi, Satish Phadke (Identified by Dinesh Valke & Radha Veach) & Prashant Awale (Identified by P. Santhan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Dyschoriste erecta (Burm.f.) Kuntze (Images by A. Lalithamba (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))…

  • 33rd Tree Appreciation Walk in Stream Trail of SGNP, Mumbai

    33rd Tree Appreciation Walk in Stream Trail of SGNP, Mumbai ;       33rd Tree Appreciation Walk in Stream Trail of SGNP, Mumbai on 9th Dec,12: We take you along through the year long journey of Walks in the Gardens, Parks & Forest…….unfolding so many secrets & magic… In…

  • Aster peduncularis subsp. nepalensis

    Aster peduncularis subsp. nepalensis Grierson, Not. B. G. Edinb. 26: 95 (1964). ; . Nepal as per POWO ((Cordiofontis nepalensis (Grierson) G.L.Nesom) ); , SK 2971 17 September 2021: 7 very high res. images. Location: Dailekh, West Nepal Altitude: 2201 m. Date: 12 August 2021 Habit : Wild Aster indamellus…

  • Laurembergia coccinea

    Laurembergia coccinea (Blume) Kanitz, Fl. Bras. 13(2): 377 1882. (Syn: Epilithes coccinea Blume);       Nilgiris: small Herb for identification 301112MK01: 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please help me to identify this herb found among the grasslands in nilgiris upper plateau. Is this any Caryophyllaceae member? Plant…

  • Laurembergia

    Laurembergia coccinea (Blume) Kanitz  

  • Leucas suffruticosa

    Leucas suffruticosa Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 611 1834. ;   Images by Muthu Karthick   Much branched undershrubs, with long and stout root stock; branches terete, rigid, hispid with erect-appressed hairs and few bristle-like spreading hairs. Leaves sessile or subsessile, opposite, 1-3 x 0.15-0.3 cm, linear, obtuse, entire and revolute-margined,…

  • Dillenia tetrapetala (Vietnam)

    Dillenia tetrapetala Joongku Lee, T.B.Tran & R.K. Choudhary, 2012;                                                                                                                Images by Ritesh Kumar Choudhary    Dillenia from Vietnam_RKC_01_25042011: Recently I was on a floristic trip to Vietnam. On request of some members of eFlora, I am uploading a few fotos. Dillenia sp. Habit: Trees upto 10 m high. Loc.: HonBa…

  • Impatiens clavicornu

    Impatiens clavicornu Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(1):271. 1859 ;      NIlgiris: Impatiens for identification 141112MK03: Please help me to identify this Impatiens plant. Is this Impatiens acaulis? The height with scape was about 25 cm. Leaf: 7-8cm across Fruit: 0.7 cm across Flower: 2 cm across Date:…