Dinesh ji, You are right, This has been identified by Sri Adavanne earlier as S. mutabilis.
Due appologies for the mail repost. Thanks for ID help again Raghu ________________________________ From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> To: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Cc: raghu ananth <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sun, 14 November, 2010 12:27:51 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:54229] Red flowers of a herb | Idreq - 13Nov10AR02 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 >
