Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> Date: 14 Dec 2016 2:54 am Subject: Fw: Rosularia alpestris (known in Lahoul as 'Chikor Beer') To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc:
Oops, forgot to attach the image scanned in from a slide taken for me in Ladakh in the 1980s. Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* C CHADWELL <[email protected]> *To:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 21:15 *Subject:* Rosularia alpestris (known in Lahoul as 'Chikor Beer') Probably over-looked when not in flower. Previously known as Sempervivella acuminata. Collected by my team during the Southampton University Ladakh Expedition 1980 at Rangdum, Suru valley - 4000m S-facing scree, dry sandy, fragmented mica, pinkish-red stem, pink-rted markings on undersides of white petals, pale yellow ring inside corolla, to 9cm. Members of the Southampton University Zanskar Expedition 1981 found this at Padam, 3650m, dry, sandy/silty, mica-rich 'soil' among boulders and scree on sparsely vegetated slopes. *The common Chikor patridge is said to be fond of its leaves.* Flowers of Himalaya record it from rocky slopes in dry areas only @ 2400-4500m from Afghanistan to Himachal Pradesh. Stewart recorded it as common in Kashmir and also Ladakh @ 2400-4200m in bare, sunny, stony soil. Flora of Lahaul-Spiti found it frequent in rock crevices and stony glacial moraines at Khoksar. Last time I was in Lahoul I remember it abundant on bare ground at Chatru. The following and nearby pages show the plant in Baltistan: http://photos.v-d-brink.eu/Flora-and-Fauna/Asia/Pakistan-new/i-D2tVLPR Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- 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.
