Sorry, I wanted to say Viola canescens -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Sat 11 Apr, 2020, 7:36 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > I will go with Viola pilosa. > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Sat 11 Apr, 2020, 6:24 PM Ashwini Bhatia, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is the second species from Dharamshala which is still confusing. The >> flowers can be from pure white to deep mauve and vary in size from 1.5 to >> 2.2cm. Most are wider than long. >> >> The petals are of different shapes and sizes. The two uppermost are the >> broadest at ca. 7mm, the laterals are roughly 5mm wide (both about 13mm >> long). The lowest petal (or the uppermost if you consider resupination, but >> for clarity I am using the lowest) is the narrowest at 4mm and excluding >> the spur about 10mm long. The spur is cylindrical, white, and can be hooked >> or not and is 3mm long. >> >> The leaves are slightly paler underneath, hairy on both surfaces with >> scattered white hairs. The petiole is hairy and the stipules are laciniate >> (with long hair-like projections on both long edges). >> >> The pedicel projects beyond the leaves mostly and is covered on white >> hairs too. Sepals are lanceolate, equal and have hairy margins. >> >> The anthers are pale yellow, two with nectaries projecting into the spur. >> The nectaries are yellow-green, hairy and about 2mm long. >> >> The ovary is hairy at the top. The stigma appears truncated at lower >> magnification but up-close reveals a crater like perforation at the top of >> the club-shaped style. >> >> The seeds are yellow with dark purple warts on their surface. Elaiosomes >> are prominent. >> >> Depending on how we interpret this data, we could either believe this to >> be *Viola pilosa* or *Viola canescens*. All comments are welcome. >> >> Thanks. >> Ashwini >> >> All photos taken between 1750 and 2200m in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. >> the flowering season is usually late February to June. A few plants can be >> found well into autumn too. >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/CA%2BiuSFC2Y%2B2ktybZ%2BG0kjahj95pZOi4%2B7u1T1oF%2BA3qFy8D0Gw%40mail.gmail.com.
