Thanks, Ashwini ji, for beautiful details and presentation. On 25-Jan-2018 8:40 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.
