Dear Dr Phadke - may I recommend on future occasions, you take *many* more images per plant specimen you wish identified. Taking just one or two general images which do not reveal characteristic/diagnostic characteristics often make it much more difficult and time-consuming for those attempting to identify said images - at times it is impossible. I suggest you consult my 'Flowers of the NW Himalaya' website, which has many relevant sections which should answer any questions you may have: https://sites.google.com/a/shpa.org.uk/fowh/. I draw your attention to the entry for *Impatiens glandulifera* as an example of what can be done with a modestly-priced digital camera: https://sites.google.com/a/shpa.org.uk/fowh/impatiens-1 - I do not expect you to suddenly jump from taking just a single image to many but you should aim to head in this direction. As you can see from the numerous images of 'Himalayan Balsam' they provide so much more information and in greater detail. The more close-ups one can inspect the greater understanding one gets of a plant. I hope you can see the value of this. With practise one can learn to rapidly take close-up images in focus. The problem with you image is that it shows little or no detail of floral parts or foliage. There may be a member of eFI who recognises the plant with confidence but at least two of the suggestions given below are nowhere near to the correct identification. IF you can post more quality images each time you ask for an identification, this would greatly benefit the eFI data-base.
On Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 7:32:08 PM UTC+1, satish phadke wrote: > > A herb seen in Manali. > Flowers larger than the ones posted earlier (*Thymus linearis*) > Dr Satish Phadke > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > -- 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.
