To me appears close to images at https://efloraofindia.com/2014/05/13/rumex-crispus/ Pl. check.
On Sun, 28 May 2023 at 16:15, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear members, > Kindly help identify this *Rumex* species, It is called *Abij *in > Kashmiri and its leaves are a popular vegetable with a sour taste. All > photos in this post were taken in the last week of May 2023. Each small > square of graph in the photo is 1 square millimeter > Habitat: Wild . A common weed in fields. > Habit: Herb. Flowering season April-June. Leaves lanceolate up to more > than 40 cm long and 12cm broad. Flowers in whorled inflorescences ,bracts > reddish scaly, pedicels 3mm long. Flowers about 2mm dia hermaphrodite. > Tepals 6 in two whorls. Outer whorl of 3 tepals 0.5mm broad and 1.5 mm > long. Inner whorl of 3 tepals 2mm broad and 2.5mm long. Color of tepals > green. Stamens 6 . Anthers much longer than the filaments. Filaments 0.9mm > long and anthers yellow and nearly1.5 mm long .They hang down as in wind > pollinated flowers. Ovary three lobed with 3 styles. Stigmas with long > papillary cells. The 3 styles lie at an angle of 120 degrees to each other > in the spaces between the inner tepals. After fertilization the 3 inner > tepals grow and come close together completely enclosing the three lobed > ovary. Later thick growths resembling seeds appear on these tepals perhaps > to attract birds. These can become red as the fruit matures. > It differs from *R.dentatus *in the inner tepals not having spines. It > differs from *R.acetosus *in having larger leaves and green flowers. > Notes on Photos: > PHOTO7: Stamens removed to show 3 styles. Note the three stigmas with > papillary cells at 120 degrees to each other positioned in the spaces > between the inner tepals. > PHOTO9: Flower after fertilization with inner tepals enclosing the ovary > PHOTO10: Note the thick seed like growths on the inner tepals. > 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/34fdf0b7-bc60-4e86-8433-276d9a23c03fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/34fdf0b7-bc60-4e86-8433-276d9a23c03fn%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%2BiuSFC5j6_SfwM%3DU_R47CHd4tPenaWBGrpu%2BTLJfOcBhwb%2BJg%40mail.gmail.com.
