This could be Cuphea from Lythraceae...may be Cuphea hyssopifolia. Pankaj
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > Please help to id this common garden herb found as planted ornamental. > Location: Bryants park, Kodaikanal, TN > Alt: ca.2000 asl > Date: 06 Nov 2010 > Height: ca. 20 cm > leaves: linear; 4 x 0.4cm > Flower: whitish; ca.0.5cm across > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 09626833911 > www.careearthtrust.org > -- *********************************************** "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
