Dear all, Thank you for the ID
*Agrimonia pilosa *Ledeb. (accepted name) Nepali Names: भेराकुरो Bheraakuro / काठलाङ्गे Kaathalaange / गाँठेझार Gaathejhaar / काब्ले Kaable / शिला झार Shilajhaar Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:01 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
