---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ashwini Bhatia" <[email protected]> Date: 04-Sep-2017 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:276501] Saxifraga moorcroftiana ABSEP2017/02 To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc:
Thank you once again. I am happy to sort out some confusion regarding the species growing here. On 04-Sep-2017 1:57 PM, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
