I was immediately reminded of 'Common Agrimony' (Eupatorium eupatoria), though noted slight differences, which grows commonly in rough grassland & wood margins near to where I live in the UK (you can compare images of the two on my 'Wild Flowers of Buckinghamshire' web-site see: https://sites.google.com/a/shpa.org.uk/wfob/agrimonia-1 - which I have neglected altogether since joining this google group! My sentiment is that Britain is blessed with hundreds of active field botanists (though much remains still to be done) whereas India has fewer and since I have accumulated knowledge of Himalayan flora over decades, my time is best spent sharing this on this site, as long and as much as circumstances permit.
Indeed Stewart (1972) listed the plant as this species giving E.pilosa and E.pilosa var. nepalensis as synonyms. He commented that Agrimony was common in the temperate zone of Pakistan & Kashmir and very variable but he had not been able to divide it into distinct taxa. According to Kitamura the material from Pakistan was intermediate between E.eupatorium and E.pilosa. There is a second species of this genus in the UK which is very similar. *That aside this plant is now known as Agrimonia pilosa. 'Flowers of the Himalaya' give distribution of Pakistan to SW China @ 1000-3000m in shrubberies & cultivated areas saying it is readily distinguished by its long slender spike-like cluster of small yellow flowers and by its top-shaped fruit with numerous hooked bristles (young green ones can be seen in the images).* *'Flora of Kathmandu Valley' record it from Godawari to Phulchoki @ 1650-2800m. Also Nagarjun 1600-2300m.* On Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6:12:24 PM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Dear Members, > > Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Hattiban, Kathmandu, Nepal on 25 > October 2016 at 4800 ft. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
