Thanks, Ashwini ji, for good analysis and presentation. On 19-Oct-2017 4:09 PM, "Ashwini Bhatia" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This one is difficult to pin. First the nomenclature: *Tibetan Medicinal > Plants*, *Flowers of the Himalaya* and the BSI website treat it as *Cicerbita > macrorhiza*. The Plant List considers *Cicerbita* as a synonym. Our site > follows *Lactuca macrorhiza* with *Cicerbita* as a synonym too. Could > someone please point me to the right resource (revision) to consult on this. > > Then the characteristics: *pinnate leaves with the terminal lobe largest > (our plants have top stem leaves entire. Almost all leaves are purple > underneath or strongly marked purple)*, *outer involucral bracts smallest > (also lighter in colour in our plants)*, involucral bracts covered in > stiff hairs (*our plants here have only a few scattered hairs or none at > all, the ends of the bracts are frayed*), flowers 1.3-2cm in diameter (*ours > are 2-2.5cm across*). > > Our plants begin to *flower at the beginning of September* (and not > July-Sept. as in most literatures). > > Perhaps the hairs on bracts are as variable as leaves (*though I haven't > found a great variation in leaf shapes on our plants*) because there are > other plants of the same family which I am going to share soon with this > difference. > > Despite the confusion, I believe our plants are very close to *Lactuca > macrorhiza*. If so then we can work on a more inclusive description, and > if not then we have another identification problem to solve. Please advise. > > All photographs are taken between 2000-2700m between Gallu Devi Temple and > Triund on 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. > -- 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.
