Thank you Saroj ji for the links. Have you also photographed some in December or January? Or the *G. argentea*. I am curious if these are coming out early only in our area.
Thank you once again for finding the time to reply to my queries. On 25 January 2018 at 16:05, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ashwin Ji, > > Very nice documentation covering major aspects. > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/ojdT7r5Nswc > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/m0yvUC0JeGA > > > > > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:41 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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.
