A reply from Ramachandran ji: "It looks like Sesuvium portulacastrum, Aizoaceae."
On 20 July 2013 18:37, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Interesting find. Looking at these photographs i remembered seeing a > prostrate herb (*Sesuvium portulacastrum*) with reddish stem and thick, > fleshy leaves at Alibag (Maharashtra) near Sea shore. > Regards > Prashant > > > It is *not Sesuvium portulacastrum*, see the image attached; I > > am sure; because i had examined the live specimen, the leaves measure > less than 0.6cm, thick and succulent, the flowers are 5 merous, sepals > 5, green, united, triangular; petals-5, free, much shorter than > sepals, (minute), white, stamens 5, included, large disk pinkish, in > which ovary is enclosed, style short, stigma capitate. > A.Lalithamba > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> > Date: 7 July 2013 16:38 > Subject: [efloraofindia:159706] Identification requested for the prostrate > marshy herb- near the coast of Bay of Bengal > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > May I know this marshy prostrate weed found near the coast is a > species of Suaeda or some other. It is fleshy, with 5 sepals, petals > and stamens; a large disk is +, the ovary is submerged in the disk. > Pls help me in the identification. > Thank you. > A.Lalithamba > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2135 members & > 1,59,000 messages on 30/6/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2135 members & 1,59,000 messages on 30/6/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 8500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
