Pakistan | Family List | Ranunculaceae | Aquilegia
*Aquilegia pubiflora* Wall. ex Royle,, Illustr. Bot. Himal. Mount. 1:55.
1834. Munz in Gentes Herbarium 7:43.t.12. 1946; Tamura in Kitamura (ed.)
Plants of Afghan. & Pak. 52.1964; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. &
Kashm. 262.1972; Qureshi & Chaudhri in Pak. Syst. 4(1-2):15.1988.
*Aquilegia* *vulgaris* subsp. *pubiflora* (Wall. ex Royle) Hook.f. &
Thoms.
*Aquilegia* *vulgaris* var. *pubiflora* (Wall. ex Royle) Walpers
Rootstock long, slender. Stems 15-70 cm tall, branching sparsely in the
upper region, pubescent. Radical leaves biternate, petioles upto 15 cm long;
leaflets 8-30 cm long and wide, sessile or with short petioles, trifid
usually to the base, the segments lobed, glabrous, green above, paler and
hairy beneath. Stem leaves similar but reduced in size, uppermost ones only
with 1-3 linear to oblong-lanceolate lobes. Flowers 2-several. Sepals 5-28 x
9-17 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or with an elongated tip, ± puberulous,
dark red to purplish-blue; petals of the same colour; lamina 10-15 mm long,
rounded, ± puberulous, spurs strongly hooked, 4-12 mm long, 7-9 mm wide at
the base (when compressed); staminodes 5-6 mm, oblong-lanceolate. Carpels
5-6, densely pubescent. Follicles 13-20 mm long, erect or slightly
spreading, pubescent, with 5-8 mm long hooked pubescent styles.
Distribution: Extending west to Chitral, east to Punjab and N. India. Very
common in Kashmir.
*Lower Taxa*
- *Aquilegia* *pubiflora* var. *mussooriensis* Royle
- *Aquilegia* *pubiflora* var. *pubiflora*
*Related Synonym(s):*
- *Aquilegia* *cymosa* Qureshi & Chaudhri = *Aquilegia* *pubiflora* var.
*mussooriensis* Royle
- *Aquilegia* *kurramenisis* Qureshi & Chaudhri = *Aquilegia*
*pubiflora*var.
*pubiflora*
Tanay
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear All
> Returned from Chakarat Tour after one week. Caught many flowers, will
> post one by one.
> It is really a wonderfull place, great biodiversity.
> For today
> Aquilegia pubiflora from Chakarata Uttarakhand
>
> Regards
> Balkar Singh
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