Thank you sir for the elaborate description. These images are from Soureni, Darjeeling, India at 4200 ft.
Saroj Kasaju On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 9:47 PM mcleodwild <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Saroj ji, > I have been looking at our Plantago species here and finding it very > difficult to identify with great certainty. First, to differentiate *P. > asiatica* from *P. major* is a challenge. The flower stalk is absent on > major but should be there on asiatica. However, the stalk is very short and > difficult to see. Chromosome count is different but that is beyond my scope > to check. > > According to *Tibetan Medicinal Plants* 'typical *P. erosa* is > characterised by a loose spike and irregularly, jaggedly toothed leaves > which are hairy (especially when young)' From your photos I can see that > the shape of leaves fits the description but I cannot tell if they are > hairy (small tufts of hairs on the teeth of some leaves are visible but I > cannot see anything more. There are no young leaves). The spike doesn't > appear loose to me and I cannot tell whether the sepal keel is continuous. > I will keep these plants broadly under *Plantago major* for the time > being. The authors go on to say that all samples collected by them in the > Muktinath Valley were typical *P. major* and not *P. erosa*. They suspect > that *P. erosa* might grow in lower altitudes. > > Experts are guarded in determining the species using the macroscopic > characters only. Their language is guarded and they emphasise on the > difficulties in distinguishing the species, subspecies and varieties in the > field. > > I wish I could be of more help. > > Regards, > Ashwini > > > > > On Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:46:18 UTC+5:30, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: >> >> Dear Members, >> >> Location: Soureni, Mirik, India >> Date: 21 April 2017 >> Altitude: 4200 ft. >> >> *Plantago erosa* Wall. (synonym) ?? >> >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/92839ddd-3424-4f73-b222-e2d592ba898a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/92839ddd-3424-4f73-b222-e2d592ba898a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytQwGx6hMvzB1F31uTo2mQat24ep1pf5Yti701S23XTssA%40mail.gmail.com.
