Thanks, Ashwini ji, I initially had some doubts, but they may be same. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> Date: 30 September 2017 at 21:20 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:277341] Anaphalis contorta (tentative!) ABSEP2017/08 To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
Yes, Mr Garg, the first three are from a different plant but I do think that it belongs to the same species. Do you think it is different? I am heading up in the mountains tomorrow morning and may be off for another few days busy with work. I haven't been able to participate as much as I would have liked this month but hopefully October would be better. Happy Dusshera to you! Ashwini On 28 September 2017 at 16:21, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Ashwini ji. > Are the first three images from another plant? > To me also other images appears close to images at > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l > /ar/asteraceae/asteroideae/gnaphalieae/anaphalis/anaphalis-contorta > > On 19-Sep-2017 7:34 PM, "Ashwini Bhatia" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Even though I come close to a positive ID of this and the other Anaphalis >> sp. here, I am not very confident that I am being entirely successful. I >> follow *Flowers of the Himalaya*, *Flora Simlensis*, eFlora of China >> (and Pakistan), *Flora of Chamba*, *Flora of Kullu*, FOI website and of >> course our group site to see where all characteristics converge (and the >> most excellent *Tibetan Medicinal Plants* wherever applicable). I find >> following images alone is deceptive and often leads to more confusion. >> There is not enough to go by and the IDs are only provisional till experts >> comment on these. I am hoping that we come closer to an agreement on some >> of the Anaphalis species here. >> >> Please bear with me if my conclusions/approach is not entirely correct. I >> will be grateful for advice. >> >> My reasons for this tentative identification: >> >> 1. *The leaves are dark green above and woolly white below and hence >> have good contrast between the two surfaces* as indicated by several of >> the above mentioned sources. >> >> 2. *The narrow leaves have in-rolled margins and auricles at the bases*. >> They are partly *decumbent* too as mentioned in the above sources. >> >> 3. *Tibetan Medicinal Plants* mentions that the involucral bracts in >> this species are covered by the woolly indumentum, I am not entirely sure >> but please look at the photos and advise. >> >> 4. *Flower clusters are compact* with *each head measuring about 4mm*. >> Flowers of the Himalaya mentions the clusters to be 1.5cm across while our >> plants have broader clusters (about 4cm) >> >> 5. *Bracts shiny white, blunt, broad, obtuse*, erect in flower. *Lower >> bracts often pale violet*. >> >> And I am not sure what other *Anaphalis* could this be. No other set of >> characteristics point to this. >> >> >> *Anaphalis contorta*? >> Mcleodganj-Triund trek, Dharamshala, HP >> 2100-3200m approx. >> 03 and 16 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. >> > -- 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 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 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). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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.
