Thanks, Chadwell ji On 5 Nov 2016 7:21 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
