Common name: Probably native to the Indian sub-continent G quardifaria is a small herb which can grow to around 10 cm in length. The simple leaves are sessile and ovate in shape; the tip is acute. The flowers are blue in colro and about 4 mm across. The fruit is in the form of a … Read More “Gentiana quadrifaria (Gentian family)” »
Common Name: East Indian Mallow East Indian mallow is a an annual that grows to about 1.5 feet in height. Often found in fallow lands and road-sides in Tamilnadu. The stem is green in color with purple patches. Young leaves can be reddish in color. The simple leaves are arranged in an alternate manner; the … Read More “Corchorus aestuans (Tiliaceae- Phalsa family)” »
Common name: Cat spider flower. Cat spider flower is a woody prostrate herb often found in fallow lands in dry arid areas of Peninsular India. The entire plant is hairy and gland dotted. The leafs are trifoliate and sessile. The leaves are thick, gland dotted and margins entire and ciliated. The largest leaflet (central) measures … Read More “Cleome feline (Cleomaceae- Spider flower family)” »
Common Name: Grey Field speedwell. Procumbent herb probably native to the Himalayan region. Often found around hill station towns in Western Ghat area on road-side and fallow lands. Never seen this plant in the plains: prefers the wet cold conditions above 1700 MSL. The simple leaves are arranged in an opposite manner and the plant … Read More “Veronica polita (Plantaginaceae- Isabgol family)” »
Common Name: Annual blue-eyed grass. This herb is native to Norther America. I saw this plant in Avalanche in Nilgiri district (above 2000 MSL) growing in grasslands near a small water body. The entire plant was around 10 cm in length. The plant looks grass like and the leafs are flat and falcate in shape. … Read More “Sisyrinchium rosulatum (Iridaceae- Iris family)” »
