Myriactis wightii

Common native herb grows among short grass in montane scrubs and forests. Flowering from September to April and probably throughout the year. 

 

Fuchsia regia

An introduced scandent or climbing shrub native to  montane cloud forest of coastal Brazil. Cultivated as an ornamental. Also escaped and naturalized in disturbed forests and along roads above 1800 m elevations. 

Carex baccans

 An indigenous perennial occurs on wet slopes covered by open forests in the montane zone above 6000 ft elevations.  

Hedyotis dendroides

 An endemic shrub or small tree of upper montane shrubberies above about 1800 m elevations. Often in open and secondary areas.

අඳුරු කොළ පඳුරු මැඩියා [Anduru Kola Panduru Mediya]/Dull Green Shrub Frog (Pseudophilautus viridis)

 An endemic shrub frog of montane forests as well as the anthropogenic habitats such as agricultural fields in the central hills from 1400 to 1800 m elevations. 

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුව පටු මැඩියා[Sri Lanka Muwa Patu Mediya]/Sri Lanka Narrow Mouth Frog (Microhyla zeylanica)

Common endemic frog found around pools and streams in montane grasslands and forests from 1700 m to about 1890 m elevations. It is recorded from Horton Plains National Park, Hakgala, Bopattalawa, Nuwaraeliya and Pattipola areas. Eventhough the smallest microhylid frog in Sri Lanka (About 2.3 cm from snout to vent),  it has a very loud call.   

කඳුකර ගස් මැඩියා[Kandukara Gas Mediya]/Mountain Tree Frog/Mountain Hour-glass Tree Frog (Taruga eques)

 An endemic tree frog confine to grasslands, marshes and low vegetation along the forest edges in the upper montane cloud forests from 1750 to 2300 m elevations.

Gonostegia triandra (Syn: Pouzolzia bennettiana)

 An indigenous herb or small shrub of wet zone montane forest from 1200 to 2200 m elevations. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year

කළු කුරටිය[Kalu kuratiya] (Psychotria gardneri)

An endemic shrub common in forests from 1000 to 2000 m elevations. Flowering from March to April and fruiting from August to September. 

Flower size - About 0.7 cm across

 

Impatiens cuspidata subsp. bipartita

A large woody herb occurs along stream banks, open scrub and thickets and such moist places in the hill country rain forests from 1800 to 2700 m elevations. Often form large scattered colonies. Rarely grows in total shade. Sub species bipartita is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Nepalese crane's bill (Geranium nepalense)

 

An indigenous perennial herb grows along roads and moist shady places in the upper montane zone. Mainly occurs around Nuwaraeliya (Between Nuwaraeliya and Maturata, Hakgala). Flowering more or less throughout the year. Very rare. 

Barleria arnottiana

 An indigenous shrubby herb common in the undergrowth of montane forests close to water courses. Flowering from September to April with a peak in October and November  ( var. arnottiana)

var. glabra - Grows in Low and intermediate country. Flowering from November to February.

 

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

 Rather rare insect confined to the marshes, swamps and lakes of the central hills (Mainly to the vicinity of Nuwaraeliya and Horton Plains National Park.) 

Mexican wild petunia/Desert petunia (Ruellia simplex)

 An introduced herb or subshrub native to Mexico and South America. Cultivated in home gardens and occasionally escaped and naturalized. 

Liparis walkerae

An indigenous rather rare terrestrial herb grows under the shade of trees in the montane forests up to about 1829 m elevations. 

 

Hedyotis marginata

 An endemic shrub or small tree of upper montane shrubberies. 

Hedyotis neolessertiana

 An endemic shrub or small tree of upper montane shrubberies. Often in open and secondary areas. 

වියකෙයියා[Viyakeyya] (Freycinetia pycnophylla)

 An endemic woody-stemmed climber ascending tree trunks in the wet zone and hill country forests up to about 1500 m elevations. 

වල් දුම්කොළ [Wal Dumkola](Sonchus wightianus)

 Common weed of roadsides and in the mortar of bridges and road embankments in the lower montane zone. Flowering from January to June and probably throughout the year. Possibly a native herb of Sri Lanka since it is falling within the natural distribution range of the species. But in absence of specimens of it earlier than 1915 Sonchus wightianus also considered as an introduced species which is native to India and China (http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:250399-1). 

Hedyotis cyanescens

 An utmost rare endemic herb of western lowland forests.