Forwarding mail/photos of Balsam to Dr. Bhaskar V who is an expert on Balsams.
S. Balasubramanya Sharma On Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:04:24 AM UTC+5:30, ashwini wrote: > > Rugged Yellow Balsam (Imaptiens scabrida) must be one of the hardiest > wildflower on our mountain slopes. The plant is barely off the ground and > the flowers are out (see picture). Its handsome leaves, loved by tiny > metallic-blue beetles, are mostly perforated. They are growing everywhere > now, growing up to two-and-a-half feet at places with individual flowers or > with several in a bunch. Here are a few pictures taken mostly in > August/September. If I am correct, this balsam, also known as the Indian > Balsam, has spread as weed in other countries. > > Rugged Yellow Balsam (Imaptiens scabrida) > Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > About 1700m > August/September > > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > -- 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/d/optout.
