Please help to identify this shrub Date/Time-09/04/2011- 09 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Assam, Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Type Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- shrubs Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Leaf 6-8X3-5cm, serrated Inflorescence Type/ Size- as seen in the photos Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- Yellowish, Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Not seen This can be a Barleria sp. Yes Barleria ...... but not sure of the species What about Barleria prionitis Barleria cristata may also be considered This may not be Barleria at all. Certainly not B. prionitis, nor B. cristata, at least. ... flower shape and texture reminds of Strobilanthes. The search is on Please look for yellow flowered Acanthaceae other than Barleria cristata and B. prionitis as suggested by ... ...i think this is Barleria prionitis ..., please have a look at this link for B. prionitis flowers. They are completely different from the posted ones. And the plant is spiny in B. prionitis, with prominent, white spines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barleria_prionitis_%28Porcupine_flower%29_in_Hyderabad,_AP_W_IMG_9993.jpg This herb found prostrate, growing among dry scrub vegetation on a gentle-sloped hillock, perhaps a climber. Could not locate leaves. Viewed: April 22, 2011 at 2.11pm IST ... 16.04843, 74.526791, 2409 ft on Google Maps ... near Sutagatti, Karnataka it looks like Anisomeles heyneana Bth. in Wall Pl. As. Rar. 1: 59, 1831; Cl. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 672, 1883; Cooke, Fl. Pers. Bombay 2: 543, 1958 (Repr.); Almeida, Fl. Mah. 4: 140, 2003; Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP 510, 2005. Common name: Chandhara. Many thanks ... But it is not Anisomeles heyneana, very well aware of it. 04102011 Acanthaceae Herb from Pune for ID: Herb 30-50 cm tall; stem slender, quandrangular. Leaves opposite, 5-12 cm, membranous, dark green, glabrous, elliptic, acuminate, tapering at base, nerves 5-8 pairs. Flowers sessile in axillary (2-5 cm) and terminal (10-15 cm) fascicled cymes; corolla 2 lipped, 5-8 mm, white with violet spots on three lobed lower lip. Capsules not seen. nothing great in this 'find' because this is a surprise in my home garden. Sorry, hence no information about natural habitat and distribution. Images 02062015 -1and 2 of Acanthacea member for identification : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) please identify the images of Acanthaceae member |
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