I am confused by this. You say "taken in the wild" in the UK but Cardiff is hardly "in in the wild" and this appears to a cultivated plant in a situation that as far as I can tell is in a cultivated area or very close to. Probably only partially naturalised - at most.
There are no red-flowered Potentillas native to the UK. Potentilla nepalensis is listed in 'Alien Plants of the British Isles' as a casual garden escape i.e. not properly naturalised. I doubt very much that the PURE, original Potentilla nepalensis has escaped. There are quite a number of cultivars of P.nepalensis available but most have pink flowers. A hybrid between P.atrosanguinea and P.nepalensis is known. Of these, 'Gibson's Scarlet' is one of the common ones. I cannot see sufficient detail in the picture above to be certain but think it is entirely possible that the plant you photographed is a cultivar with some P.atrosanguinea in its ancestry or other Potentillas not necessarily of Himalayan origin. Once in cultivation especially in places where they are being bred and deliberately crossed, can rapidly get mixed-up. Does NOT appear pure P.nepalensis to me. On Friday, 7 October 2011 09:20:23 UTC+1, Neha Singh wrote: > > This Pic was taken in d wild @ Cardiff , Wales, UK. > Dated- July 2010. > > Looks like Potentilla atrosanguinea . Unfortunately I couldt find other > pics of this sp, so for now I have only this . > > Regards > Neha Singh > > -- 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.
