Neanotis decipiens

Neanotis decipiens (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53: 37 1966. (syn: Anotis decipiens Hook.f.);
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S.India as per POWO;


Procumbent herbs, rooting at lower nodes; stems glabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminate, sparsely villous; nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 3 cm long, hairy. Cymes 3-5 cm across, terminal; branches glabrous, slender. Flowers 5-6 mm long, blue or pink, subsessile; calyx lobes ovate, ciliate; corolla tube slender, shortly villous inside, lobes ovate, villous.
Flowering and fruiting: October-November
Evergreen forests
Western Ghats
(Attribution- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)


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ID of Neanotis p. : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- 1, 1, & 2 mb.

Pl help me to identify the attached photos of Neanotis sp.
The plant was observed at Wagaman, Kerala, Western Ghats. It is a subshrub found near the water source. Observed during Oct-2018

Pl. check comparative images at


I have already checked. Not matching with any of the available species.


Neanotis calycina (Wall. ex Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis. ??


Neanotis decipiens (Hook.f.) W.H. Lewis as per GBIF and Wikimedia Commons


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Plant for ID from Chikmagalur-GS13012021-1
Please help with ID, photographed from Baba Budangiri hill, just below peak, Chikmagalur, 26-9-2015.


Hedyotis sp. is suggested by … on Facebook Indian Flora, H. pupurascens seems closest.


Neanotis sahyadrica ??


Subsequently identified as Neanotis decipiens.


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Neanotis sp.?? for ID at Munnar-PKA53 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 600 kb each.
This herb was seen at Shola Forest near Munnar.
Looks like some Neanotis sp. (Rubiaceae Family).

Could this be Neanotis indica??

Efi page available at


Anotis sp.?


in the link you gave … … said ultimate clincher is foetid smell of the roots. it was a case of …

so … do you have such olfactory data?


Looks different from images available at Neanotis indica
Pl. check other species available at Neanotis

Does not match with any species so far in efi site as per comparative images at Neanotis

Between Neanotis decipiens (Hook.f.) W.H.Lewis and  Neanotis indica (DC.) W.H.Lewis ??


Yes, you are right as it appears close to images and details at Neanotis decipiens


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Nilgiris of 02-10-14 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 879 kb.
prosterate plant found at Nilgiri tea estates at 1600 MSL.
Crushed leafs have offensive smell. Leafs and stem tomentose.
ID please.. for better view please zoom.

is it of the family Rubiaceae?…..


It is knoxia mollis


It looks different from other images at Knoxia sumatrensis

Neanotis sp??


I think looks different from images at Neanotis tubulosa


It appears close to images and details at Neanotis decipiens 


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639 ID wild plant Neonatis: 17 high res. images.
Please ID wild plant,

Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 21SEP2022, 01.35pm
Habitat: wild moisture rocky misty sloppy grass land alpine
Plant habit: small herb, obliquely branches, slender weak fleshy cylindrical hairy stem 03.5mm diameter, annual
Height: 20cm
Leaves: dicot opposite elliptic acute simple glossy hairy size upto: 05×3cm
Flower: axillary panicle inflorescence, clustered, diameter:06mm, violet, non fragrant
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x


Neanotis tubulosa (G.Don) Mabb. ??


Yes, it is Neanotis tubulosa dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant


No, it is very close to Neanotis tubulosa.


See the thorn-like structures on the buds and outside of the corolla.


Ok, I agree with you.
But please replace the ID#629 to another head because of two different habits.  And please check the collage, plant in left were growing in non shady grass land with an altitude of 1500fsl only, whereas right growing in shola forest, very difficult to find out with micro flower than left in an altitude of 7200fsl.


 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Wikimedia Commons  Flora of peninsular India  India Biodiversity Portal  Kerala plants

Updated on March 28, 2025

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