Some clarifications: 1. The vernacular name is I think best spelled as "*Zow ghas*" *Zow *rhyming with "how" and translated as"louse weed". 2, I had written hairy stigma but actually these are not hairs but elongated papillary cells 3.The capsule has 4 seeds and placentation is axile. I will post the photos in due course. Regards Taffazull
On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 6:03:29 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > According to Wikipedia corolla of V .hederifolia is 1 cm i.e 10 mm wide > and blue in color but corolla of this plant is just about 1mm wide.and > pinkish white. > Regards > Taffazull > > On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 4:11:38 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > >> Dear Garg ji, >> Thanks for the suggestion, >> I think it cant be *V.hederifolia *because as Gurcharan ji has pointed >> out in another post the pedicels of *hederifolia *are long but in this >> plant they are barely 1-2 mm long. This is apart from the fact that it does >> not occur in the Himalayas. Gurcharan ji in another post has mentioned >> another Himalayan plant *V.stewartii *which has 3 lobed leaves and >> short pedicels. However there are no details given so as to ascertain >> whether it is V.stewartii or not. Information about the shape of the ovary >> would be very helpful as most veronicas have flattened ovaries but this >> plant has a globose ovary. Further in this plant all the four lobes of the >> corolla are almost of equal size. >> A local villager told me that villagers call it *"Zaw Ghas" *literally >> meaning "Lice grass". I think this is so called because its tiny pinkish >> white flowers resemble lice. >> With regards >> Taffazull >> >> On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 12:42:33 PM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: >> >>> Looks different from similar looking species like as per images at >>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/veronica-persica/ >>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/veronica-didyma/ >>> >>> To me appears close to images (reported introduced in India) as per >>> images and details >>> https://efloraofindia.com/2019/03/19/veronica-hederifolia/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 16:02, [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear members, >>>> Am posting photos of a plant growing on the side of a path in Srinagar >>>> . The photos were taken very recently. It is a hairy herb. The flowers are >>>> minute about 1-2mm long with pinkish white corolla. Because of their small >>>> size they look like dust specks to the naked eye and can only be examined >>>> properly with a magnifying glass. All photos of flowers unless mentioned >>>> were taken from specimens put under a dissecting microscope. It has four >>>> lobes of very hairy calyx divided to base. The four lobes of corolla >>>> (1-1.5mm) are divided to 3/4 of the length. Two stamens with filaments 1mm >>>> long bearing minute anthers are adnate to the corolla, The ovary differs >>>> from that of Veronicas in being globose. The style ends in a very hairy >>>> stigma. Would request the members to suggest the correct ID if this herb. >>>> Photo1 and Photo 2 are the plants (Each small square of graph paper=1mm) >>>> Photo 3 is a view of the flower >>>> Photo5 shows the two stamens adnate to corolla just as in *Veronica >>>> persica* >>>> Photo 8 is a photo of a mature fruit >>>> With Regards >>>> Taffazull >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/b5933e99-008e-4650-8cad-0197e71216e7n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b5933e99-008e-4650-8cad-0197e71216e7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >> -- 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/a2e3e5b0-5990-4025-9908-ed422ffcb261n%40googlegroups.com.
