Herb(unknown) from Assam

[Karuna Das]

Dear All,

    Attached images are unknown herb from Assam. Please ID the plant  

Date :18.06.2014

Location: Assam

Family : ??

Genus & species : ??

Habitat: Grows wild on open space

Habit : Radiating herbs   

Flower : Small, yellow-orange

 

With regards

Karuna Kanta Das

Guwahati 781012

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[surajitkoley]

Sir,

I have sufficient hesitation, but you may check Alysicarpus bupleurifolius DC.

It should have terminal raceme. But, FBI combines it with two FI entries - 1) with red flowered http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=61405 and 2) Hedysarum gramineum Retz.

Two relevant links are -

1. http://www.botanicus.org/page/477094
   
2. http://www.botanicus.org/page/477095
   

In Roxburgh's word - 1) "Difference of soil and situation produces such great changes in this plant...."; 2) flowering time the wet and cold season' 3) raceme (spike in another entry) terminal and leaf opposed.

Foc informs flowers are yellow, while FoP says red. More illustrations - http://www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=49160 and EFI page - https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/fabaceae/alysicarpus/alysicarpus-bupleurifolius.

Perhaps this population is yet to develop a terminal spike/raceme. Or maybe I am moving towards wrong direction.

Regards

[girish kumar ellezhuthil]

is the fruit a legume?....or it could be polygala sp.?

[kd_...@rediffmail.com]

Thank you all for probable Id but I think this is not the sp. belong to Fabaceae. Because I observed the following some characters of the species :

1. small herb, branches arise from the base of the stem.

2. Calyx 5, unequal, 2 large, 3 small.

3. Corolla 3, unequal, one petal bear branched appendages at its dorsal surface(interesting character).

4. staminal tube present.

5. fruit not legume.

So, please Help in ID of the sp.

Karuna Kanta Das

[Nidhan Singh]

Surajit Ji's hesitation and Girish Ji's hint both appeal to me too, this may be a Polygala sp.

[surajit koley]

Yes, Sir, this is Polygala, I was totally wrong, may be P. chinensis L. var. chinensis (syn. P. glomerata Lour.)

Regards

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Nidhan Singh <nidhans...@gmail.com> wrote:

Surajit Ji's hesitation and Girish Ji's hint both appeal to me too, this may be a Polygala sp.

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[kd_...@rediffmail.com]

Girish Ji's hints and an article entitled 'A Revision of the Genus Polygala L. (Polygalaceae) in Taiwan'  help me to identify the species as Polygala chinensis. Again thank you all.
Regards 

Karuna Kanta Das