Yes, it is Stachytarpheta mutabilis. I have seen this on Nandi hills, Bangalore too.
Regards Vijayasankar On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Raghu ji ... this query was posted by you earlier (I could be mistaking). > > This could be *Stachytarpheta* ... native of American tropics, widely > naturalized / cultivated ... perhaps *S. mutabilis* as Shivaprakash ji had > commented. > > Regards. > > > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Looks like Boraginaceae, may be some Heliotropium!! >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:43 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Red flowers of a herb | 13Nov10AR02 >> > Chamundi hills, Mysore >> > Date/Time- Sep 2010 >> > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Chamundi hills, Mysore >> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild, hills, along the road side >> > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb >> > Height/Length- 35 cms, >> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Opposite, 8cms, >> > Inflorescence Type/ Size- >> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- ~Red, ~ 2cms >> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- no >> > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >> > >> > >> > Regards >> > Raghu >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India >> > >
