Nice documentation !! Thanks
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:10 AM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > *Gentiana pedicellata* has smaller flowers (7-8mm across), which are > usually deeper blue than those of *G. argentea *and *G. capitata*. The > throat lines are dark blue. Plicae are closer in size to the petals giving > a more round appearance to the flower. The plants now are closer to the > ground (about 2cm high), much branched and hardly show the stems. Sepals > are out-curved, edged in black or dark purple, and reach about half-way up > the corolla tube. The basal leaves are longer and fall off early. I am > quoting Polunin and Stainton's description to support my identification; > > *750-3800m. Cultivated areas, shrubberies; common in Nepal on heavily > grazed ground. * > *Jan.–Jun.* > > *A small much-branched annual herb in lax form, with tiny pale blue > flowers at the ends of terminal and lateral branches. Flowers 6-8mm long, > with shallow triangular lobes with fine points and with lobules a little > shorter and broader; calyx about half as long as corolla, with out-curved > lobes. Leaves lanceolate 5-10mm, the basal leaves when present much longer > and broader; stems branched above, to 8cm but often much shorter.* > > This description matched our plants closely. Our plants are short and that > could either be because of the heavily-grazed slope or the timing of > flowering. In better, undisturbed conditions, plants may grow taller. I > will keep a lookout for that. > > Please correct me if I am wrong. I would also love to hear from Saroj > Kasaju ji to know if this plant is in flower in his location in Nepal and > whether it has similar characteristics. > > *Gentiana pedicellata* > Near Dal Lake, Dharamshala, HP > 1800m approx. > All photos: 29 Dec. to 18 Jan. 2018 > > Thank you. > Ashwini > > The last photo shows it next to *G. argentea* stem and leaves. > > -- > 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.
