Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback: yes it looks like Hibiscus hispidissimus. Regards Nayan
H. radiatus. Pls note 8-10 forked inv bracts. H. hispidissimus is armed clinber. Regards, Shrikant Shrikant ji ... on going through references for *H. radiatus*, the flower is consistently shown in dark pink colour. Please help. Any chance of *H. surattensis* ? Regards. Dinesh Involucral bracts forked or with leafy appendages is the key character for H. radiatus and this can be clearly seen in your pictures. Pls refrain from photo tallying from internet. The dark pink flower should be H. sabdariffa- from Shrikant ji. Many thanks Shrikant ji for clarifications. >From what I read in Malvaceae of southern peninsular India<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=XhVI5BluzCUC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=Hibiscus+hispidissimus&source=bl&ots=aE-MiRtNjp&sig=OdzosTdY7yhyDZau1oWs1xZrVxw&hl=en&ei=fazTTIX7EIjBcZ-G1fsE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Hibiscus%20hispidissimus&f=false> ... *H. radiatus *comes in both colours (yellow as well as dark pink); *H. sabdariffa *comes in yellow with purplish centre, and I will try to understand about the involucre bracts found in various species and return to this post. Regards. Dinesh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: 30 September 2013 22:59 Subject: [efloraofindia:166695] Hibiscus ¿ hispidissimus ? at Pachmarhi :: 18 SEP 13 :: DV To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> [image: ... dense forests of Pachmarhi]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F10017192183%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzesKbB9_IVMlfvhwQEp8KkV0D7PdA> Pachmarhi ... about 3600 feet ft asl *Date / Time*: 18 SEP 13 at 08:37 AM ... *Altitude*: about 3568 ft asl ------------------------------ *Hibiscus* ¿ *hispidissimus* ? ... (family: Malvaceae) Dear friends, please validate the ID; *Habit*: sub-shrub, standing about a metre high *Habitat*: found growing in wild scrub, in town I am confused whether or not *H. hispidissimus*. [image: Hibiscus ¿ hispidissimus ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F9919613856%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzenMtiHdubJxQW5X2OjB95dXM0GaQ> [image: Hibiscus ¿ hispidissimus ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F9919562335%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfmkG9NSoQGfLufgvEd7Z8Gs76dAA> [image: Hibiscus ¿ hispidissimus ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F9919746473%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeXHmV7K52nJZ5VUjoAeTXxapvBbQ> Regards. Dinesh -- 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 2190 members & 1,72,300 messages on 31/10/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 8500 species & 1,70, 000 images). 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.
