Superb details with beautiful comparative analysis. On 04-Sep-2017 1:20 PM, "Ashwini Bhatia" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had filed this species last year here > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/cVI6VN-ZQ_s>. > Following insightful comments by Chris Chadwell and looking into various > descriptions I decided to look into the species in a little more detail. I > found several plants growing along with the similar looking *S. > parnassifolia* on the southwestern slope near Ilaqa. I made comparative > photographs to see the difference clearly and hope that this removes any > confusion that these to are two distinct species. > > Quick points: > > 1. The bottom leaves on *S. parnassifolia* have long hairy stalks (3-4 > cm, photo 7967), while those on *S. moorcroftiana* have barely a tiny > winged stalk that is easy to miss. > > 2. The petals of *S. moorcroftiana* have red markings and are rounder > than those of S. *parnassifolia*. > > 3. The sepals on *S. moorcroftiana* flowers are ovate, fringed with red > glands while those on *S. parnassifolia* are more lanceolate and have > translucent white glands. > > I hope these difference are clearly delineated in the following photos. > > *Saxifraga moorcroftiana* > Ilaqa, Dharamhala, HP > 3200mm approx. > 17, 26 Aug and 03 September 2017 > > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > -- > 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.
