It looks like Aerva lanata only. Here is a Type specimen of Aerva wightii <http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/bgbase/vherb/bgbasevherb.php?cfg=bgbase/vherb/zoom.cfg&filename=E00317549.zip&queryRow=1>, which looks very different from the posted pictures.
Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 8:15 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Madam, > > I know my view/opinion counts nothing, even to myself. Yet, I think your > ID is very probable, despite it's not being bushy. > > Thank you > > Regards > > > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 10:28 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> >> Date: 22 June 2014 22:06 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:191699] Identification of Aerva species >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear all, please help in the identification of the aerva species, the >> plant is from woody base, branches erect, stem and leaves thick, >> leaves 2-5x1.5-3 cm; densely pubescent above, tomentose below, spikes >> sessile, wooly, 0.5-0.7cm(-1.cm) long,; perianth green inner. it >> almost coinsides with the description of Aerva wightii (a critically >> endangered plant) but the branches are not dense as described (the >> image of the herbarium specimen has many branches in Jastor plants. >> org.) of the . pls help me weather it is Aerva wightii or some other >> species. It was photographed from interior areas of Eastren ghats in >> South Andhra Pradesh. >> thank you >> with regards >> 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/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 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) 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. > -- 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.

