[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 and 25 AUG 10 * Murdannia lanuginosa * (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. ... (family: Commelinaceae) *mur-DAN-ee-uh* -- named for M. Murdan Ali, plant collector at Saharanpur Botanic Garden ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DMurdannia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc_0oPs7DiWT2RSxxS5ENR3HQEIxQ> *lan-oo-gih-NO-suh* or *lan-uh-jin-OH-suh* -- woolly or downy ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dlanuginosa&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfFDvlvIxZgGcS38pN4ClXntwCLvA>
*commonly known as*: marsh dayflower, marsh dewflower • *Marathi*: अबोलिमा abolima *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMarsh%2520Dewflower.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdNyUg5ly44l2h68c_kezUGWpYAcg>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Murdannia lanuginosa (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941833980%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc0zoGdsp_tp9rcP9rgqMu9-GxlGA> [image: Murdannia lanuginosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941835068%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzek-DR3H9SWS054HSlM7-ci_N3DPg> [image: Murdannia lanuginosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941299571%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdUw-OkXzYdbhBASbykzQFq8g5Rlw> [image: Murdannia lanuginosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898555189%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd1iXIzklYmkbIuVsxDmUHbKENaww> [image: Marsh Dayflower]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2899347004%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfDyZDB53n1mI4Se6JA_qEXvJyl4w> [image: Abolima (Marathi: अबोलिमा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898488019%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdYzqOyk6YmUEjxgP4YnK4wW63hGA> [image: Marsh Dewflower]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898500185%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfvswSBx3qwGc0zVEp7sBKK0MrE6Q> [image: Abolima (Marathi: अबोलिमा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898381019%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeIolhDiWNbOTui2fkK0_2f21FCPg> Regards. Dinesh --
