Impatiens Balsamina | Terada

Classification of Impatiens Balsamina

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Balsaminaceae
Genus:	Impatiens
Species:	I. balsamina
Binomial name
Impatiens balsamina

Common Names. :- Marathi. Terada.

An annual, 30-90 cm. high; leaves long, alternate, lanceolate.
Flowers rose cloured, showy.
There are varieties with double flowers and different shades of colour from pure white to crimson.
The garden may be kept gay throughout the year on balsams only.

Helianthus Rigidus | small Sun-flower

Helianthus Rigidus

Family – Compositae.

Common names:- English:- The small Sun-flower.

An annual, a native of N.W. America. The flower heads have ray florets of deep golden colour and disk flowers dark chocolate. Propagated by seeds.

Helianthus Annus | Sunflower | Suryaphul

Classification of Helianthus Annus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Helianthoideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Helianthus
Binomial name
Helianthus annuus

Common names:- English. Sunflower; Marathi. Suryaphul.
A tall annual with large yellow flowers; very common in the gardens. Propagated by seeds.

Gynandropsis Speciosa

Gynandropsis Speciosa

Family – Capparidaceae.

An elegant annual, 1 m. high, with large rosy flowers in terminal racemes, and digitate leaves with 7 leaflets. Grown as an ornamental plant in gardens.
Propagated by seeds.

Gomphrena Globosa | Globe amaranth.

Classification of Gomphrena Globosa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Gomphrena
Species:	G. globosa
Binomial name
Gomphrena globosa

Family – Amarantaceae.

COM. NS.:- English. Globe amaranth.

A tall branched annual with obovate-oblong leaves and large globose, yellowish-white or crimson heads of flowers, 2.5-4 cm. in diameter, with leafy bracts and pinkish purple bracteoles.
Flowers in August-March.

Gerbera Jamiesoni

Gerbera Jamiesoni

Family – Compositae.

An ornamental herb, a native of S. Africa, with flowers resembling Michelmas daisy, but orange-cloloured and deeply lobed rather large leaves. Propagated by seeds.

Gaillardia Pulchella

Classification of Gaillardia Pulchella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Gaillardia
Species:	G. pulchella
Binomial name
Gaillardia pulchella

A perennial tall herb. The ray flowers are crimson tipped with bright yellow. The ray and disk flowers develop into tubular funnel-shaped florets and form handsom flower heads. An improved form of this (G. lorenziana) is very handsome and unique in its appearance.

Exacum Tetragonum

Exacum Tetragonum

Family – Gentianaceae

An elegant herb resembling E.Bicolor, but is distinguished by flowers with corolla lobes azure blue. Propagated by seeds.

Exacum Pumilum

Exacum Pumilum

Family – Gentianaceae

A very small herbaceous annual with tetragonal stem.
Leaves lanceolate. Flowers in lax cymes, bluish-purple, with prominent yellow anthers.
A beautiful herb. Flowers in August-September.
Pretty common in grasslands during the rains in Konkan and S.M.Country.
Worth growing in gardens. Propagated by seeds.

Exacum Bicolor | Udichirayet

Exacum Bicolor

Family – Gentianaceae

Common Name – Maharastra:- Udichirayet

An erect annual with quadrangular stem. Leaves very variable. Flowers showy in copious terminal cymes. The lower half of the corolla lobes white, the upper blue. Flowers in August-November; wild in pasture lands in Konkan, Mawal, Deccan, and S.M. Country; worth growing in gardens. Propagated by seeds.