I can see auricles in several leaves, C. impatiens. On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:03:24 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote:
> Dear Mahadeswara ji, > Thanks for your kind appreciation > With regards > Taffazull > > On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:02:04 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] > wrote: > >> One more photo: >> Photo of yellowish green anthers with curved tips very different from the >> yellow anthers of C.flexuosa in the Wikipedia photo >> >> On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 8:42:00 AM UTC+5:30 Mahadeswara wrote: >> >>> 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/5e489b65-626e-4cb8-ab16-b6147aac2d74n%40googlegroups.com.
