Quite simply, because it resembles another genus Mertensia http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/Chesapeake/plant/1366.htm it has been called false mertensia. Cheers! - Tabish
On Jul 26, 12:41 pm, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much for the ID, Tabish. I am wondering why this plant is > called a 'Psuedo...' :-)) > Sushmita > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This should be a Pseudomertensia species, probably Pseudomertensia > > echioides, which is the only Himalayan species of Pseudomertensia with > > the style protruding out of the flower. > > Best wishes > > - Tabish > > > On Jul 26, 9:48 am, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Please help with the ID of this flower. Sorry, not very good photos. > > > > Thank you. > > > Sushmita Jha > > > > 7a.jpg > > > 270KViewDownload > > > > 7b.jpg > > > 70KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
