Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: C CHADWELL Date: 2 October 2016 at 21:07 Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:140164] Caryophyllaceae Week: Spergularia marina from Delhi and Kashmir To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
Stewart lists S.rubra as a weed of cultivation from Sindh, Baluchistan, NWFP incl. Peshawar & Swat to Kashmir incl. Gulmarg from plains to 2400m. He added a handwritten addition to the final copy of his catalogue: Pahlgam - Kolahoi 3700m. At the time he did not include any records from Ladakh but Dickore & Klimes do have this species in their more up-to-date check-list for Ladakh. The only other *Spergularia* listed by Stewart is *S.diandra* which he describes as a common spring field weed from various parts of Pakistan at low levels. *S.marina* - gets no mention by Stewart. Both species occur in the UK. *S.rubra* known to us Britishers as 'Sand-spurrey' is a common calcifuge plant of open sandy or gravelly habitats. *S.marina* is found in the UK in the drier zones of muddy and sandy coastal salt-marshes and brackish marshes; also inland salt areas and rarely as an inland adventive. Found on coasts and inland salt areas of the temperate zone of northern hemisphere. It is very variable. The latter species has much smaller flowers and would not be expected in the Kashmir Valley or in Delhi (unless there was a place with high salt concentrations). In the UK, some typically coastal salt-loving/tolerant species have spread inland to colonise roadsides which are "salted" in the winter to help deal with icy road conditions and have built up high salt concentrations in the soil - the actual seeds seem to have been spread from coastal gravel being dug out from the seaside and used in road-building and for "gritting" in winter (mixed with salt) for helping with winter ice on roads. So one never knows, unexpected species can colonise/appear in what seem the strangest of places! *S.rubra* is distributed throughout Europe, in N.Africa, Asia, N.America and has escaped in Australia. *From what I can see, the images taken at Sonamarg do seem to fit with Spergularia rubra and those in* *Delhi look similar.* *I have looked through some images of S.diandra from various parts of the world. Some show a habit and* *petals most distinct from S.rubra but others less so. There are quite a number of Spergularia species and* *quite a number look remarkably similar....* Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK http://www.shpa.org.uk/ ------------------------------ *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> *Cc:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>; Nidhan Singh < [email protected]> *Sent:* Sunday, 2 October 2016, 8:59 *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:140164] Caryophyllaceae Week: Spergularia marina from Delhi and Kashmir I feel it may be *Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/c/caryophyllaceae/spergularia/spergularia-rubra>* as there is no distribution of Spergularia marina in India as per FOC <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=130838> (with keys), FOP <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=130838> & BSI Flora of India <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=4446&type=3>. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Gurcharan Singh* <[email protected]> Date: 9 December 2012 at 08:56 Subject: [efloraofindia:140164] Caryophyllaceae Week: Spergularia marina from Delhi and Kashmir To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb. syn: S. rubra var. marina L. Less commonly found along lawns, waste places. The plant is distinct in leaves usually opposite without pseudowhorls, connate stipules, petals pink in upper part whitish in lowers part, stamens 2-5 in number, three styles and capsule 3-valved, slightly longer than calyx. Photographed from Vikas Puri, New Delhi and Sonamarg, Kashmir. -- 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/ -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. 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