Wonderful images, Taffazull ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg On Wed, 10 May, 2023, 16:01 [email protected], <[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/e5abe414-52d0-4797-a022-a19d1e6126e6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e5abe414-52d0-4797-a022-a19d1e6126e6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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%2BiuSFDm27Fjka6GJe%3D8Zij3p4oRZi%3DP2XTjJCxYQAP%3Dr%2BKXgQ%40mail.gmail.com.
