Dear All respected Members, If this plant is *Hemiphragma heterophyllum*, as has been suggested / identified by Mohina Ji, then i must say it has some unique features -
1. only single species reported as per KEW data - http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Plantaginaceae/Hemiphragma/ 2. no synonym recorded - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29208131 3. again no synonym and with *three varieties* - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020668 Let us see if this could be *Hemiphragma heterophyllum* - - distribution in Singhalila National Park - http://www.icimod.org/hkhconservationportal/Plant.aspx?ID=2728 - ".... Stem leaves opposite, flat, orbicular. *Branch leaves crowded, needlelike*....." - http://www.botanyvn.com/cnt.asp?param=news&newsid=821&lg=en - supporting the above a pic from flora of China - http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=90589&flora_id=800 - flowers could be white or pink - http://web.me.com/robbiehart/Robbie_Hart/Research_Updates/Entries/2011/4/12_First_Flowers.html - one more pic - http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hemiphragma+heterophyllum - yet another - http://www.hast.biodiv.tw/Photo/ImageDetailE.aspx?imageCode=0014183 - description of stem and roots arising from nodes - http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2008/04/hemiphragma_heterophyllum_1.php I think it is *Hemiphragma heterophyllum*, but i wonder how it is possible to id such a seemingly unknown plant ! Thank you & Regards, Surajit Koley On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 2:06 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mohina macker <[email protected]> > Date: 17 June 2012 19:01 > Subject: [efloraofindia:119695] Hemiphragma heterophyllum for validation > To: [email protected] > > > Hemiphragma heterophyllum from the family Scrophulariaceae perhaps > small herb growing close to the ground > tiny pink flowers > sandakphu, sinagalila national park > second week of april > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1870 members & > 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
