I immediately recognised what this was - an invasive ubiquitous weed I came across during my first expedition to Ladakh in 1980, which I knew from the UK; Stewart knew it from Sind and Punjab to 3600m in Ladakh & Baltistan.
Pity only 2 images, not in close-up and with the flowers over-exposed (to be fair, it is difficult to get the exposure right for white, yellow and similar- coloured flowers on a bright sunny day in Ladakh) were sent. An approximate altitude should always be given. Perhaps the confusion has arisen by the incorrect suggestion of it belonging to the Ipomoea genus? I do not know why this genus was suggested. Please, please, would posters of images consider the geographic and altitudinal ranges of genera and individual species before making suggestions as to identification, particularly if they are senior figures, as in many entries I see them immediately out of respect - yet they are clearly incorrect. A large number of Ipomoea are known from India - many being natives of tropical America, cultivated in warm countries for their pretty flowers. However, no species have been recorded wild or cultivated from Ladakh - it would probably be possible to cultivate *I.purpurea* at Leh, if it was provided with the necessary protection (this plant is grown in Srinagar and the Murree Hills; Collet recorded it in the valleys below Shimla) but obviously the plant Santhan photographed is not this. The species photographed, assuming in the future, it is not subdivided into more than one, is highly variable in terms of corolla colour and leaf-shape - with quite a number of forms and varieties recognised. On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:23:06 AM UTC, Santhan P wrote: > Wild herb from Hemis area Ladakh > -- 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.
