i. Garg ji,
I had sent these pictures to Shrikant ji and later mentioned the approx size of the flower. The reply I got from him is as follows..... "That tallies with 2 cm and hence Gantelbua. Regards" Regards, Aarti On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 2:15 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Adding two more pictures of the plant.- from Aarti > ji. > I'm confused between Hemigraphis crenata and Hemigraphis hirta. > Can anyone please clearly state the differences between the 2? > I have recently been seeing this same little plant in moist places. The > flowers seem large for such a small plant. Leaves seem to vary in the > amount to hairiness and flower colour ranges from almost white, to > pinkish to lavender. > At first I thought it was H. crenata and now I have a slight doubt. > Experts please comment. > regards > Radha > > > > Thanks for your feedback. > Possibly, Satish ji, Shrikant ji, Prashant ji , Vijayasankar ji could help > in this regard. > In Shrikant ji's new book 'Additions to Flowers of Sahyadri, I found a > similar looking flower Gantelbua urens.....again this is just a guess as > I am not an expert. > Regards, > Aarti > > Unfortunately have to only guess the sizes. If the flower is about 2 cm, > it may be Gantelbua urens. The season is also in favour of this ID. > Regards Shrikant > The size of the flower was approx a third of my index finger. > Could locate one more picture with dried flowers. > Regards, > Aarti > > > > efi page on Gantelbua > urens<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/gantelbua/gantelbua-urens> > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Date: 1 May 2014 17:42 > Subject: [efloraofindia:187132] Wild Flower For ID : Nasik : 010514 : AK-1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > A small wild flower seen today in the middle of fallen dried leaves. > Id please. > Aarti > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & > Fauna'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image > Resource<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of > more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest > in the world- around 2330 members & 1,87,000 messages on 30/4/14) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for > efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> > . > > 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/d/optout.
