IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR)
. Decalepis salicifolia (Bedd. ex Hook.f.) Venter, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 564 2001. (Syn: Utleria salicifolia Bedd. ex Hook.f. (Unresolved)); .
Subshrubs. Leaves to 15-19 x 2-3 cm, linear-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute, crowded at the end of branches. Cymes dichotomous, axillary; peduncle 4.5-6 cm; bracts linear-lanceolate, ca 3 mm. Flowers ca 6 mm across; pedicel to 4 mm; calyx lobes ca 2 mm, glandular; corolla rotate, 2 mm, lobes ovate; corona scales 5, rounded; stamens inserted at base of the corolla tube, anthers ovate; ovary oblong. Mericarps divaricate, lanceolate, to 5 cm long. Flowering and fruiting: June
Grasslands
Southern Western Ghats (Endemic)
Utleria salicifolia
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488 ID wild plant: 15 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 25JUN2023, 06pm Habitat: wild moisture rocky misty windy sloppy alpine Plant habit: lithophyte shrub, erect, basal branches, weak semi-fleshy cylindrical stem 03cm base circumference, smooth glabrous purplish old bark, latex, perennial Height: 03 feet Leaves: alternate spirally lengthy elliptic acute flexible glossy, size upto: 17×4cm Flower: axillary panicle inflorescence, clustered, diameter:04mm, greenish yellow, good, fragrant Fruit: Seed: Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
Could this be Utleria salicifolia ???:// Yes, it is Decalepis salicifolia, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant |