Will definitely be glad to find out how to identify these Violas. Thank you. Please keep me updated!
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > I am struggling with this family. A couple of times I thought I had seen *V. > canescens* turned out to be not so. There is *V. pilosa* and another > whose identity I am still not sure. Hopefully in good time I will be > certain what to look for. These are very useful plants for food as well > medicines. Dr Chauhan's book on medicinal plants lists *V. serpens, V. > canescens, *and* V. odorata* in use in Himachal Pradesh. > > The name *serpens* is also used for both *indica* and *pilosa* species. > So you see there is lot to be learnt. > > The good thing is that we have specimens aplenty here to study and I > should ideally devote some time to this genus exclusively. You will surely > hear it if I get around to doing that. > > Regards, > Ashwini > > > > On 19-Mar-2015, at 10:37 pm, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you very much sir. This helps me a lot. > Have you come across any other similar looking species of Viola? > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Ashwini Bhatia < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Anurag, >> I can think of a couple off the top of my head. The lower petal is the >> smallest among all five. The tiny style (I am not sure if it could be >> called that) is yellow and tiny white hair cover the central upper surface >> where the petals meet. The flower overall is very pale violet, almost >> white. >> >> Please remember that I am a beginner myself, so wait for the experts >> before concluding anything. >> >> Regards, >> Ashwini >> >> >> >> On 19-Mar-2015, at 8:31 pm, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Any key identifying features, sir? >> >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Ashwini Bhatia < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Looks a lot like the *Viola canescens* we have here in the himalayas. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ashwini >>> >>> On 18-Mar-2015, at 3:44 pm, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> It may be Viola odorata or Viola alba, not sure.- from Shruti >>> ji. >>> efi page on Viola odorata >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/v/violaceae/viola/viola-odorata> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> >>> Date: 2 March 2015 at 22:15 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:217220] ANMAR03/03 Viola sp. for identification >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Family: Violaceae >>> Date: November 2014 >>> Place: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand >>> Habit: Herb >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >>> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> <DSC_0491.JPG><DSC_0501.JPG><DSC_0493.jpg><DSC_0494.jpg><DSC_0495.jpg> >>> <DSC_0496.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Anurag N. Sharma >> BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year >> St. Josephs College >> Bangalore >> >> >> > > > -- > Anurag N. Sharma > BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year > St. Josephs College > Bangalore > > > -- Anurag N. Sharma BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year St. Josephs College Bangalore -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
