This type of Viola, with all sepals equal and with ciliate margins, I would think it is *Viola pilosa. * * Tabish* ------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers
On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 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/CALTV20dF9dgXiFO_%3DKicJC1WbNnpQCO93G0wTStJpnVBDJNm6A%40mail.gmail.com.
