Mayur-ji. Thank you very much for the corrected id "Cyanotis tuberosa" and detail description.. Forgot to mention, the location is outskirts of bangalore, taken in end May 2009
Based on the various efloraindia discussion on Cyanotis psecies, some typical attributes which one could use for initial identification could be as below. I would appreciate if you could coment on this. tuberosa : Stem , leaves, bracts hirsute , but leaf upper lamina glabrous, rossette leaves, stem leaves linear/lanceolate, condensed scorpioid cyme cristata: Stem ,leaves glabrous, condensed scorpiod cyme ( also bracketed with C.cerifolia) fasciculata : stem leaves puberulous, inflorescence : fasciculate ( hence no crown like structure ?? ) axillaris: solitary flower; in leaf axils, plant glabrous regards A.Sinha On Feb 7, 6:58 pm, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> wrote: > This might be *Cyanotis tuberosa * > Sinha ji If you don't mind please provide the locality details and according > to you this emerged from baked soil that means may be possibility of > underground tuberous and *Cyanotis cristata *is glabrous herb and spathe is > also glbrous. >
