I agree with Satish Phadke. The arching branches, leaves almost entire and flowers in terminal cluster at ends of short lateral branches are quite distinctive for Spiraea canescence. Sorbus lanata is an erect tree, distinctly lobed and toothed leaves and lanate flower clusters.
Gurcharan Singh ----- Original Message ----- From: Satish Phadke To: narendra joshi Cc: Nudrat Sayed ; indiatreepix Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 6:27 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:17074] Re: Id required for HP Flora How about Spiraea canescens. Family Rosaceae Dr Phadke 2009/8/28 narendra joshi <[email protected]> The lantana looking flowers are of - Hairy Rowan - Sorbus lanata (Rose family) commonly seen at higher elevations. You can check the following link- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hairy%20Rowan.html Regards, Narendra Joshi --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Nudrat Sayed <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nudrat Sayed <[email protected]> Subject: [indiantreepix:17052] Id required for HP Flora To: [email protected] Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 3:14 PM Hello All I came across this shrub at a height of around 2000 mtrs in Dharamshala region. It was a woody shrub with leaves not more tha 2.5-3 cms. The flowers as seen in the picture are in dense clusters and were not more than 5-6 mm across. -- Regards Dr. Sayed Nudrat Zawar Senior Conservation Officer Conservation Action Trust Mumbai -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
