Yes Garg ji, now I see my collections from Kashmir are a mix of two First and third image with recurved pedicels, nodding capsules, capsules, covered with glandular hairs, longer style is C. campylopoda 2nd and 4th image with spreading pedicels, erect capsules covered with short hairs and shorter style is V. biloba They are from different locations. I will upload them separately with clearer high resolution images with locations.
On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 5:05:36 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > A feedback from eFI page: > "In the end picture of set 2 above, you’ll see all the capsules are > nodding (bending down). You’ll see the others pictures do not have this, > and Flora of Turkey states explicitly that V. biloba capsules do not nod, > and the illustration you provide likewise does not show nodding ( > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3821&flora_id=2 ) . So > I would suggest that picture is not V. biloba. > (There are certainly Veronica in Turkey with deeply split capsules which > do nod, such as Veronica campylopoda, presumably there will be others taken > across a wider geography.) > David" > > Thanks, David ji, for your views. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 at 10:00 > Subject: [efloraofindia:162600] Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Veronica > biloba from Kashmir -GS-48 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > *Veronica biloba* Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 2: 172. 1771. > > Erect annual herb usually branched from base; leaves oblong to > ovate-lanceolate, up to 3 cm long, margin shallowly dentate; racemes mostly > terminal, sparsely glandular hairy; bracts smaller than leaves, entire; > calyx 4-lobed, lobes ovate-lanceolate, 4-8 mm long in fruit with entire > margin, 3-veined; corolla white or blue-purple, 3-4 mm diam.; capsule > strongly compressed, shorter than calyx, deeply notched, lobes appearing > almost free; style very short, included in notch. > > Common as weed in fields and roadsides. Photographed from Gulmarg, Kashmir. > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > 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/75a1674c-09cb-439c-8e85-38d4304a8ad0n%40googlegroups.com.
