Gurcharan Ji, Thanks for the details between the two different plants and the final id. Regards, Aarti
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 5:22 PM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for ID > Distributed as Calandrinia spectabilis (USA- Cultivated)? > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/portulacaceae/calandrinia/calandrinia-spectabilis> > > It is difficult to confirm identification without leaves. Strangely > Calandrinia grandiflora and C. spectabilis are considered synonyms in > several websites due to similar flowers but in reality they are so distinct > that they are placed in two different genera now. They can be > differentiated as below: > Calandrinia spectabilis Otto & A.Dietr.: Leaves 3-5 cm long, rhombic tp > spathulate, light green, inflorescence ca 60 cm tall, leaves and sepals > with elongate unicellular hairs, sepals distinctly angular or keeled, > capsules valves reflexed after dehiscence, margins involute. > Cistanthe grandiflora (Lindl.) Schltdl. (syn: Calandrinia grandiflora > Lindl.: Leaves 12-20 cm long, narrowly elliptic narrowed into broad > petiole, with acute apex, , grey green, elongate hairs absent on leaves > and sepals, sepals not distinctly keeled, capsule valves not reflexed after > dehiscence, margins not involute. > > Looking at sepals I would say Cistanthe grandiflora. > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 12:01:42 AM UTC+5:30 > Subject: Garden Flowers For ID : Purple : California : 13DEC14 : AK-40 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Cultivated garden flowers seen in San Francisco on 1/10/14. > Unfortunately, these are the only pictures I have and only these stalks > were visible from where the pictures were taken. > Aarti > -- 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/CAJ6xDqY5JAqNq6df3inDTLWdbdGOQjZqv_fTsYr2SKt7c6DXQg%40mail.gmail.com.
