I hope Swertia petiolata after suggestion by Krishan Lal ji in another thread
Gurcharan Singh On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 5:47 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > *I think this is Frazera speciosa*, please validate > http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=3045 > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > *There is a big catch, however. Frasera speciosa flowers are tetramerous. > Here they are pentamerous. > *-- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 18 January 2012 18:25 > Subject: [efloraofindia:104632] 18012012GS Swertia from Gulmarg Kashmir > for ID > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > This unique species of Swertia was cultivated in a garden near Gandola > (cable car station) in Gulmarg > Photographed on 17 August, 2011 > This perennial herb, about 1.5-2 m tall was unique in leaves being in > whorls of three, broader at base and sessile, somewhat connate at base. > Flowers greenish-yellow, 5-merous, in short inflorescences in leaf axils; > calyx lobes linear longer than corolla in bud; corolla lobes lanceolate, > each with two green glands at base of each lobe, fringed by white hairs; > filaments free. > > ID please > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2000 members & > 1,37,000 messages on 31/10/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
