Thanks, Chadwell ji On 3 Jan 2017 7:15 a.m., "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Veronica persica is listed from Nepal in 'Enumeration of Flowering Plants > of Nepal' but only 1 record from 1500m in Central Nepal. This species > is known from W&C Asia and the Himalaya but introduced to E.Asia & > America. * Given its propensity to spread*, it may well be more > widespread > in Nepal 40 years on from the publication of the Enumeration and much of > that was based upon collections made in the 1950s. > > Stewart found this Speedwell to be very common in Kashmir @ 1600-2800m. > > Flora Simlensis does not list this species. > > Flowers of Himalaya does list it as a cornfield weed, common @ 1500-2800m > from Pakistan to Central Nepal. > > In the UK it is known as 'Buxbaum's Speedwell' - considered to be > introduced, first recorded in 1825. Now common in cultivated land > throughout > the British Isles and has become the commonest species of the genus in > this habitat. > > I photographed what I understand to be this species in a churchyard in the > UK last year. Would be useful to post a selection of these images to have > for reference purposes on this data-base, always bearing in mind that the > UK variant of a species may be slightly different to form(s) found in the > Himalaya - even though there are several postings on the site under this > name already. The images I have are close-ups which help view/understand > the differences been the species. There were 15 species of Veronica listed > for Nepal. > > *So without CLOSELY checking this may well be correctly identified but the > images of the leaves are not in good close-up and it is hard to be > certain. According to the Key in 'Enumeration..' above, it appears to have > the main stem terminating in the inflorescence/flowers; then flowers from > axils of alternate leaves (or leaf-like bracts); then stems creeping, > ascending in the upper part, leaves petiolate, ovate to orbicular-ovate, > obtuse, crenate-serrate. I THINK I can detect these characteristics but > cannot see the sepals. So close-ups of the foliage, undersides of flowers > which reveal shape of sepals and habit views which would better show the > petiolate leaves etc.* > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 2:51:42 PM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > >> Dear Members, >> >> Location: Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal >> Altitude: 5000 ft. >> Date: 21 February 2015 >> >> >> 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.
