Nymphaea Stellata | Uplya-kamal

Classification of Nymphaea Stellata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea

Common Name – Uplya-kamal

An aquatic herb with ovoid root-stock.
Leaves orbicular, with a narrow sinus, often bloched with purple beneath; petioles long submerged; flowers rather large, usually pale-violet, light blue or purple, faintly fragrant. Cultivated in the state.
Propagated by seeds or tubers.

Nymphaea Pubescens | Lalkamal | Lotus

classification of Nymphaea Pubescens

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Nymphaea
Species:	N. pubescens
Binomial name
Nymphaea pubescens

Common Names – Lotus, Lalkamal

A large aquatic herb, root-stock tuberous. Leaves small orbicular or reniform, dentate; petioles very long submerged; flowers smaller, red, pale-rose or white, opening in the morning only. Flowers all the year.
Cultivated in many places in the state. Propagated by seeds or tubers.

Nelumbo Nucifera | Kamal | Indian Sacred Lotus

Classification of Nelumbo Nucifera

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Nelumbonaceae
Genus:	Nelumbo
Species:	N. nucifera
Binomial name
Nelumbo nucifera

Common Name: –Indian Sacred Lotus, Kamal

A large aquatic hub with long, slender creeping stem rooting at the nodes.
Leave 0.3-0.6m in diameter, orbicular, cupped, petioles very long; flowers solitary, large, white or rosy, with many petals. Flowers July.
Cultivated in tanks in the State.
Propagated by seeds or tubers

Limnanthemum indicum | Kumud

Limnanthemum indicum

Family:Gentianaceae

Common names: Kumud

An aquatic floating herb with horizontal rhizome , with petiole like branches producing nodes , from which starts tuft of roots, a cluster of flowers, a single floating leaf orbicular and cordate.
flowers white with a yellow centre.
Flowers April-September. In tanks throughout the state. Propagated by rhizomes.

Eichhornia Crassipas | Water Hyacinth, Lilae Devil

Classification of Eichhornia Crassipas

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Pontederiaceae
Genus:	Eichhornia
Species:	E. crassipes
Binomial name
Eichhornia crassipes

Common Names :- Water Hyacinth, Lilae Devil.
An upright south American floating herb. Leaves with large swollen petioles; leaves erect panicles of beautiful mauve or lilac flowers. Grown in garden tanks, for its flowers; a floating trouble-some
Water-weed sometimes blocking rivers and water ways.

Zinnia Elegans

Classification of Zinnia Elegans

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Zinnia

A most beautiful annual with varieties bearing large, gay crimson, scarlet, straw – coloured flowers, froming quite a garden by themselves for a very long season. There is a double variety. Propagate by seeds.

Tropaeolum majus

Classification of Tropaeolum majus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Tropaeolaceae
Genus:	Tropaeolum
Species:	T. majus
Binomial name
Tropaeolum majus

A beautiful and showy annual; leaves having a form of a buckler and the flowers resemble an empty helmet.
There are many varieties. Some are dwarf, some are more or less climbing, producing flowers of various shades, pale straw - colour, orange, scarlet, dark crimson, spotted and striped. Propagated by seeds. A native of South America.

Tradescantia Discolor

Classification of Tradescantia Discolor

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Tradescantia
Species:	T. spathacea
Binomial name
Tradescantia spathacea

A herbaceous plant; leaves large, upright , narrowly lanceolate, sheathed at the base , green above and purpole beneath; flowers blue or purple almost included within the bracts .
It is a striking plant.
Propogated by offsets.

Torenia Fournieri

Classification of Torenia Fournieri

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Torenia
Species:	T. fournieri
Binomial name
Torenia fournieri

An erect annual , native of Cochin –China.
Flowers showy ,purple with broadly winged calyx.

Torenia Asiatica

Classification of Torenia Asiatica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Torenia

A diffusely branched annual.
Flowers 2 – lipped, bluish – purple with dark – violet lateral lobes. It makes a pretty basket plant in a moist conservatory.
Propagated by cuttings. Tropical.