I beleive this is *Salvia moorcroftiana* Tanay On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Having photographed this plant from Pampore Karewas on June 20, 2010, I was > happy that I have photographed my most familiar Salvia, S. moorcroftiana a > very common plant in the valley, but when I discovered and photographed > another plant from Baramula on June 24 with white flowers and sat with my > books and internet, I realised that there is much more than just difference > in flower colour. Three closely related species S. moorcroftiana, S. sclarea > (S. asperata of Hook.f.) and S. macrosiphon are reported from Kashmir. The > leaves of this plant are much narrower, almost elliptic oblong, scarcely > broader than 12 cm, but the corolla tube is much longer than calyx, the > bracts below the flower cluster is more or less transparent like S. sclarea. > Kindly help in decision. Similar plant is displayed at FOI as S. lanata, but > that is a much smaller plant with much smaller leaves, scarcely broader than > 3 cm. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
