Thanks, Ashwini ji, I will look into it in due course.
On Tue 1 May, 2018, 8:24 PM Ashwini Bhatia, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Mr Garg. Please check the photos on the site and make a decision > with experts whether to change the ID there. > > Regards, > Ashwini > > On Tue 1 May, 2018, 5:48 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Ashwini ji, for detailed analysis and superb images. >> >> On Tue 1 May, 2018, 4:18 PM Ashwini Bhatia, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I found this milkweed near home this time. I had photographed it earlier >>> and posted to the group here >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/YcoeqqC_hcA>. >>> Revisiting the ID, I found it to be *not V. hirundinaria* as the >>> description in Flowers of the Himalaya states: '*Corolla c. 5mm across, >>> with nearly hairless triangular lobes*' and '*calyx-lobes triangular, >>> nearly as long as corolla*' for *V. hirundinria*. >>> >>> The plants here have hair on the inside of corolla lobes and calyx is >>> much shorter than the corolla. The description matches more closely to the >>> *Cynanchum >>> glaucum* in Flora Simlensis: '*Calyx about half as long as the corolla. >>> Corolla hairy on the inner surface.*' >>> >>> Tibetan Medicinal Plant treats *C. glaucum* (*V. glaucum*) as a synonym >>> of V. canescens and describes it as: >>> >>> '*Corolla yellow or green fading to greenish orange; tube approximately >>> 1mm; lobes ovate, 2-3 x 1.5 mm, hairless outside, sparsely hirsute inside; >>> sepals less than 1mm*.' >>> >>> But the authors treat it as part of the larger *V. hirundinaria* group >>> perhaps because medicinal properties are similar. >>> >>> FOP says: '*Perennial undershrub, c. 15-70 cm tall, erect to twining, >>> pubescent. Leaves 4-7 cm x 1.8-6 cm, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, glabrous >>> to pubescent, entire, acute to acuminate. Flowers clustered in the leaf >>> axils. Pedicels 4-5 mm long. Calyx lobes c. 1.5 mm long, lobes oblong to >>> lanceolate, acute. Corolla c. 4 mm long, cream to greenish, lobes hairy on >>> the inner surface. Corona lobes 5, obtuse. Follicles 5-6 x 1-1.5 (-2) cm, >>> gradually tapering towards the tip.* >>> >>> *Fl. Per.: June-September.*' >>> >>> I made some measurements too: >>> >>> Plants 40-80cm tall, pubescent. Leaves c. 5cm x 7cm, bottom ones smaller >>> and blunt-tipped, hairy on the nerves underneath and on the edges. Flowers >>> greenish-yellow c. 1cm across, 5-7 petals (lobes), smooth outside but hairy >>> on the inside; sepals narrow c. 1.5-2mm each. Pedicels 4-5mm. >>> >>> And since the plants are flowering at the moment, I can say Late-April >>> is more correct than June. >>> >>> Considering the above information, *I would like to think that the >>> plants here (and on our site) are V. canescens.* Please advise. >>> >>> >>> *Vincetoxicum canescens* >>> >>> Near Dal Lake, Dharamshala, HP >>> >>> 1800m approx. >>> >>> 30 April 2018 >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Ashwini >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
