Indian flowers and herbs

 Lichens are composite organisms. In a lichen, algae and cyanobacteria live among the filaments of a fungus, They help each other to surv...

 The desert grasses play an important role in holding the shifting sands of the desert with their roots. The Stipagrotis which is found i...

 The curious grass in these pictures grows beads with holes to string them! Village children love to gather the 'beads' and make ...

 Helicteris isora, the East Indian Screw tree has attractive orange flowers. The fruit of the tree is curiously shaped like a screw. The ...

 This plant belongs to the family Gesnariaceae. The intense blue flowers make the tiny plant very attractive. I came across these beau...

 I came across these Striped Bladderwort plants last weekend while walking in the Western Ghats.They get their necessary protein by consu...

 The Foxtail orchid Rhynchostylis retusa is called Kopou phool in Assam, and Draupadi Dande in Karnataka.It flowers profusely just befor...