Thanks, Chadwell ji On 25 Nov 2016 4:08 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> I think this must be what was known as E.angustifolium which apparently is > often cultivated as an ornamental plant, though would be easy enough for > it to have arrived on the wind. Commonly known as 'Rosebay willow-herb' > and 'Fireweed' in UK. Its phenomenal spread in the UK (150 years ago it > was a local plant in UK but now widespread esp. in the South) is attributed > to the increasing areas of cleared woodland and waste land. An early > coloniser of bare ground, appeared on bombed sites after the London Blitz > of WWII. > > *I have some images of this taken in the UK which I shall post to help > illustrate the characteristics of the plant better and avoid any confusion > with what was E.latifolium.* > > Assuming it is correctly identified there have > been nomenclatural/taxonomic change. For some time this and > E.angustifolium have been transferred to another genus in the Onagraceae > family. *This is now (according to most sources) Chamerion angustifolium*. > The genus Chamerion is separated from Epilobium (most willowherbs in the > Himalaya remain in Epilobium) on the basis of all leaves being alternate, > flowers held horizontally, slightly zygomorphic, Whereas in Epilobium at > least the lowest leaves are opposite, flowers +/- erect when open. The > change of genus is accepted by senior British botanists. > > This species is very common in Kashmir and also Zanskar/Suru Valley (where > I observed it in 1980) @ 2300-4850m. Flora of Lahaul-Spiti says frequent > amidst stones & boulders. > > On Thursday, 13 October 2011 17:44:04 UTC+1, Prashant wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> This garden plant was seen in the guest house harden at Leh. >> >> Date/Time: 16-09-2011 / 08:15AM >> Location: Leh, Ladakh >> Habitat: Garden >> Plant Habit: Herb (around 1m) >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
