Ok, Taffazull ji On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 at 22:38, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/a2e3e5b0-5990-4025-9908-ed422ffcb261n%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/CA%2BiuSFBMK2wpEGV%3DPhfmwOWZ5c17rf62u0s19zBESfNNRRi5zA%40mail.gmail.com.
