• Cichorium intybus ?

    Cichorium intybus ?;         For ID 161012 NS2: The location details are here: Location – Uttarkashi district (Uttarakhand) Habitat – Forest – mostly Bhoj (Birch?) trees Altitude – approx 11,000ft asl Leaves important in this case. Could be Cichorium intybus or even a Lactuca sp.      …

  • Justicia trinervia

    Justicia trinervia Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 156 156 1804. (Syn: Adhatoda trinervia (Vahl) Nees; Dicliptera trinervia (Vahl) Juss.; Nicoteba trinervia (Vahl) Lindau); . ¿ nee-KOH-tay-bah ? — anagram of the epithet betonica; could not find reasoning try-NER-vee-uh — three-veined … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: three-nerved squirrel tail • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ sanna aadusoge • Konkani:…

  • Utricularia praeterita

    IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened and Lower Risk/Near Threatened (NT) . Utricularia praeterita P.Taylor, Fl. Tamilnadu Carnatic 3(1): 1120 1983. ;] . Common name: Tiny Bladderwort . It is endemic to southern India, widely distributed in five states.  However, it is a niche specific species. It grows in seasonally…

  • Drimia polyantha

    Drimia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Stearn, Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4: 209 1978. (Syn: Indurgia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Thuranthos polyanthus (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Urginea polyantha Blatt. & McCann);   Images by Shrikant Ingalhalikar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)        Kas…

  • Isachne globosa

    Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 778 1891. (Syn: Agrostis globosa (Thunb.) Poir.; Aira ischoemoides K.D.Koenig ex Kunth [Invalid]; Aira violacea Willd. ex Steud.; Eriochloa globosa (Thunb.) Kunth; Eriochloa japonica Steud. [Invalid]; Helopus globosus (Thunb.) Steud.; Isachne adstans (Steud.) Miq.; Isachne atrovirens (Trin.) Trin.; Isachne australis R.Br. .; Isachne…

  • Melocactus matanzanus

    Melocactus matanzanus León, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. “Felipe Poey” 8: 206 206 1934. (Syn: Melocactus actinacanthus Areces);        Cacti for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 111012 : AK-3: A Cacti seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 18/2/2011. A very small, cultivated, potted plant….

  • Nymphaea × omarana (Cultivated)

    Nymphaea × omarana Bisset, Gard. Tr. 8: 96 1895. ; .   efloraofindia:”For Id 10102012MR1’’ which Nymphaea sp is this at Pune: 4 images. July & Aug 2012 water lily at my home at Pune. Has flowered twice after I got it in July. I noticed a peculiar thing about its…

  • Porpax (Conchidium) species- Matheran, Maharashtra

      Conchidium species ID required : Matheran 021012: Please ID this Conchidium species, of Orchidaceae family. Clicked at Matheran – Oct., 12 It is not possible to identify without flower but I its look like Conchidium muscicola. Do you have any photo of flower? Please send a clouseup photo of…

  • Dipcadi concanense

    Dipcadi concanense (Dalzell) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 399 1870. (Syn: Ornithogalum concanense (Dalzell) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Uropetalon concanense Dalzell);   Images by Rekha Shahane   Hello : Its Dipkadi cocanense from Ratnagiri: These photographs are taken on 3rd Sept.’12 at Ratnagiri ( Maharshtra )And to my surprise, I…

  • Dipcadi ursulae

    Dipcadi ursulae Blatt., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 32: 735 1928. (Syn: Ornithogalum ursulae (Blatt.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt); . Western India as per WCSP; . As per efi thread: On Checking the Key from BSI the following plant may be Dipcadi ursulae and not Dipcadi montanum as the bracts are…

  • Didierea madagascariensis

    Didierea madagascariensis Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 258 (1880) (syn: Didierea mirabilis Baill.); . Didierea mirabilis Baill. . Image by Aarti S. Khale Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 071012 : AK-2: Again seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai on 19/2/2011. A cultivated, potted cactus. May be a…

  • Didierea

    Didierea madagascariensis Baill. Image by Aarti S. Khale

  • Westringia fruticosa (Cultivated- USA)

    Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 652 1917. (Syn: Cunila fruticosa Willd.; Westringia rosmarinacea Andrews; Westringia rosmariniformis Sm.);       Coastal rosemary, Westringia fruticosa from California: Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce Syn: Westringia rosmariniformis Sm.; W. rosmarinacea Andrews  Common name: Coastal rosemary   I photographed this…

  • Westringia

    Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce (Cultivated- USA)  

  • Craniotome furcata

    Craniotome furcata (Link) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 516 1891. (Syn: Ajuga furcata Link; Anisomeles furcata (Link) Loudon; Anisomeles furcata (Link) Sweet; Anisomeles nepalensis Spreng.; Craniotome versicolor Rchb.; Nepeta versicolor Trevir.); . Perennial herb up to 1 m tall, branched in upper part; leaves opposite, broadly ovate, 6-10 cm long,…

  • Craniotome

    Craniotome furcata (Link) Kuntze           

  • Symplocos paniculata

    Symplocos paniculata Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavum 3: 102 102 1867. (Syn: Cotoneaster coreanus H. Lév.; Eugeniodes crataegeodes (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Kuntze; Eugeniodes pallidum (Franch. & Sav.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes paniculatum (Wall. ex D. Don) Kuntze; Eugeniodes sinicum (Ker-Gawl.) Kuntze; Lodhra crataegoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Decne.; Myrtus chinensis Lour.;…

  • Stereochilus hirtus

    Stereochilus hirtus Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 38 1859. (Syn: Sarcanthus hirtus (Lindl.) J.J.Sm.; Sarcanthus hirtus (Lindl.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang; Sarcochilus hirtus (Lindl.) Hook.f.); . KG :: 06 October 2012 – 0017:: Stereochilus hitus Lindl. (Orchidaceae) from Assam, India.: Stereochilus hirtus Lindl. is now flowering in…