Radha / Dinesh ji: Suggest P. heyneanus over P. purpurascens. Reason: 1. length of inflorescence in P. purpurascens is longer than what i see here. 2. Unable to decide whether calyx teeth are long as tube or not. This is a 'key' differentiating feature. 3. P benghalensis is a large shrub.
Regards, Samir On Monday, February 3, 2014 10:33:14 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > OK; would like to find comments from those familiar to this Pogostemon. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:18 PM, radha veach <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> The thing is, this plant was so hairy, and much smaller than P. >> benghalensis. It also did not have the strong fragrance of that plant. It >> was quite herb like and not at all shrub like. I was quite confused. >> >> regards >> Radha >> >> >> On 3 February 2014 14:37, Dinesh Valke <[email protected] <javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> This looks so similar to Pogostemon benghalensis. Now keen to know if it >>> is different. >>> Thanks Radha for this query. >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:12 PM, radha veach <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> This herb was seen yesterday at Tungareshwar. To me it has the same >>>> look as Pogostemon purpurascens but the flowers are purple. >>>> It is about 1.5ft - 2ft tall, hairy, branches quadrangular, leaves in >>>> unequal pairs, flowers in dense spikes. >>>> Please help to id this species. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> Radha >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] <javascript:>. >>>> >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<javascript:> >>>> . >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- 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.
