Hi Pankaj ji... i forgot to smell the flowers of the shrub... but the species was new to me. I have never seen it in my locality. But there were many such plants in that abandoned field of Basuldanga village... the species of Lantana which is generally found in and around Kolkata is L.camara with clusters containing small flowers of different colours. I would post pics of other interesting shrubs soon...
regards Shantanu : ) On Aug 23, 11:37 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Lantana salviifolia to be precise, with double "ii". Does this have a > eucalyptus type smell. I remember seeing similar plant during my field > work, but it had white flowers and very strong Eucalyptus smell. > I just checked. Fl. Brit. India, 4: 562. Hooker had one more variety, > Lantana indica var. albiflora. May be thats what I have seen. > Thanks for the id Shrikant Sir. > Regards > Pankaj > > On Aug 23, 8:26 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > thanks for correcting me Shrikant Ji > > Tanay > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:25 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > This is Lantana salvifolia Jacq. syn L. indica Roxb. Regards, Shrikant > > > > On Aug 23, 1:16 am, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > found this herb in the village of Basuldanga yesterday. > > > > Please check out its cluster of tiny mauve flowers...... > > > > > Shantanu :) > > > > > plant.jpg > > > > 391KViewDownload > > > > > flower23.jpg > > > > 241KViewDownload > > > > > plant23.jpg > > > > 371KViewDownload > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > > Department of Botany > > University of British Columbia > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
