[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 ------------------------------ 25 AUG 10 * Iphigenia stellata * Blatt. ... (family: Colchicaceae) ¿ *if-uh-juh-NY-uh* ? -- ¿ the genus named for ? daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon ... Wiktionary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2FIphigenia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzedO5IrJ4qc0vMizIINArkQFmEmkw>... derivation not clear *stell-AY-tuh* -- with spreading, star-like rays ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dstellata&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcELxeN2DKMVMN1MvxyJcv47i5GcQ>
*commonly known as*: star grass lily<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/star-grass-lily>• *Marathi*: गुलाबी भुईचक्र gulabi bhuichakra<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/gulabi-bhu-icakra-gulabi-bhuichakra> *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FStar%2520Grass%2520Lily.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcFp5akirZKWhFOJWb1K8nIvraYog>• *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Iphigenia stellata Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5871806835%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcnoDgFVDy4XuQbusPaUzCqhUca1g> [image: Gulabi Bhuichakra (Marathi: गुलाबी भुईचक्र)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872363290%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzea9-EyR7GhD2cLpZM_oF6QjkWFSg> [image: Iphigenia stellata Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5871809035%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdYP2Hx_SfM8YIVipK7mOWEhJlKHg> [image: Star Grass Lily]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872103754%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdnXoGJz5dBcva1oA6Tx5QCvErSZw> [image: Iphigenia stellata Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872100806%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeHBkaZqrUDtQfY6eh3YzfAUJVF3g> [image: Iphigenia stellata Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872105460%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcMdRfbZKSvWsMco3BPVfs5hqkr5Q> [image: Iphigenia stellata Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5871544279%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzep8FGl40OibrqisQuKHfORJFXDAw> Regards. Dinesh --
