Superb presentation Taffa ji ! Great ! On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 4:51:16 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote:
> Dear Saroj ji, > Thanks for the link. > It cant be* C.hirsuta* as there are 6 stamens. Also in Srinagar it was > flowering in Feb -March when I reported it. > It is peculiar in having yellowish green anthers with tips curled back in > an anticlockwise manner like the horns of a sheep. Unfortunately none of > the photos in your link have photos of anthers. The anthers of *C.flexuosa > *are clearly visible in a Wikipedia photo (By Didier Descouens - Own > work, CC BY-SA 4.0, > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115306437) and they are > yellow and do not have curled tips. So from anthers it is very different > from *C.flexuosa.* > Some expert can enlighten us further. > Wikipedia photo is attached > Attribution :By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115306437 > > On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 4:18:44 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Some more photos >> >> On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 4:01:48 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Dear members, >>> Please help ID this herb (Cardamine sp ? ). >>> Habitat : A lawn in Srinagar >>> Habit : Annual Herb erect about 30cm high . Sometimes branched at base. >>> Leaves with 4 to 5 mostly paired leaflets, Leaflets with 2-3 unequal lobes >>> with one lobe much smaller than others Flowers white 4-5mm in diameter. >>> Stamens 6 tetradynamous (4 long(filament 2mm) and 2 short(filament 1.5mm)). >>> Anthers yellowish green with filaments attached basally and notably tips of >>> anthers curled anticlockwise (See Photo 6). Pollen grains are fusiform as >>> in some other crucifers. Stigma covered with elongated papillary cells as >>> in other members of the family(see Photo7).All photos taken recently in the >>> first week of May. >>> Regards >>> Taffazull >>> Notes: >>> 1.Anthers are remarkable in having the tips curled back in an >>> anticlockwise fashion (see photo9 and Photo 6). >>> 2.Papillary cells on Stigma (Photo 7 ) are said to play an important >>> role in preventing self pollination and promoting cross pollination in this >>> family. >>> >> -- 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/4cbd7f51-6230-4419-8fb6-830bbfaefd18n%40googlegroups.com.
