Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. On 6 Jan 2017 6:52 p.m., "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Aarti > > There are no NATIVE species of Digitalis in Kashmir or anywhere in the > Himalaya. > > Flowers of Himalaya mentions 2 species: Digitalis purpurea the 'Common > Foxglove' of the UK > with its spikes of rosy-purple spotted tubular flowers is locally > naturalised from gardens in Kashmir. > > They also include Digitalis lanata - another 'escape' in Kashmir; they > describe the flowers as brownish > with a white lip. > > *I cannot think what the plant you have photographed could be other than > Digitalis purpurea - even though* > *the flowers have not fully opened - though no doubt there are other > Digitalis cultivated in the region.* > > Stewart also lists D.lanata and D.purpurea - the former reported from > Kashmir by Rao saying it was no doubt > cultivated. He says D.purpurea is planted for use as a medicine and for > its beautiful flowers. > > Naqshi, Singh & Koul in 'Plants of Gulmarg' (1984) record D.lanata from > Wastelands at Khelanmarg; D.purpurea > among bushes at Gulmarg. > > I must admit to having paid minimal attention to foxgloves during my > travels around the Kashmir Valley in the 1980s. > In my 'Report of the Kashmir Botanical Expedition 1983' (published > privately in 1984) I list two in my Systematic List of > Vascular Plants and Flowering Plants observed in the field during the > expedition. Both were seen at Gulmarg; one in > a hotel garden - I was not able to identify either at that time but > presumably were D.lanata and D.purpurea. > > *Whilst there are a number of postings of Digitalis purpurea on eFI, I > think it would be useful for reference/* > *comparative purposes, if I post a selection of images of this species > taken in the UK - where it is common (and* > *perhaps the source of introductions into cultivation in Kashmir, as far > back as the 19th Century - its medicinal* > *properties have been known since medieval times).* > > *I also have a few images of a 'naturalised' Digitalis growing near > Gulmarg as I walked down from Khelanmarg during* > *my last visit to Kashmir.* > > *Must check which species this is - taking a quick look at postings for > Digitalis on eFI there has been some uncertainty/* > *confusion. * > > *Further comments will be better within additional post(s).* > > *Once again, I was anticipating a relatively brief post about Digitalis > purpurea but as with so many genera both native and introduced/cultivated > in **the Himalaya, there is a need for further clarification.* > > > > > > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 6 January 2017, 6:16 > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:259609] Digitalis Species For ID : > Srinagar,Kashmir : 20DEC16 : AK-37 > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > efi page on Digitalis purpurea > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/plantaginaceae/digitalis/digitalis-purpurea> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Aarti S. Khale* <[email protected]> > Date: 20 December 2016 at 10:55 > Subject: [efloraofindia:259609] Digitalis Species For ID : > Srinagar,Kashmir : 20DEC16 : AK-37 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Digitalis Species seen in one of the Mughal Gardens. > Cultivated, garden plant. > Picture taken in the last week of April. > Digitalis purpurea? > Experts kindly validate my suggested id. > Aarti > -- > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com > <[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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