Valeriana sp. On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 4:14:41 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote:
> Dear members, > Please help ID this herb which has some peculiar features as mentioned > below: > Habitat: Edge of lawn in Rawathpora Srinagar. Almost all photos were taken > in either the last week of April or first half of May > Habit : Herb with green stem 10-15 cm high. L eaves opposite about 5-6mm > broad X 12 -15mm long. > Branching cymose. Inflorescence is compact and probably cymose > Some peculiar features: > 1.Calyx gamosepalous with five lobes three narrow 0.5mmX 1.5mm and two > broad 0.5mm X1.5 mm. The calyx is fused with the ovary and can not be > separated from it. The lobes can be clearly seen in fruit( See photo 5 and > photo8). > 2.The Corolla has 5 lobes 0.5mm long and Corolla Tube is 1.5mm long and > becomes very narrow at the bottom and seems to be attached directly to > upper part of the ovary . In my limited experience this is the first time I > have seen a corolla tube attached to the upper part of the ovary.( (See > photo 4,photo 5 and photo 6) > 3. The style is so thin and transparent that it is barely visible but when > see seen with a microscope(X50) is clearly trifid (See photo 7). The > filaments of the 5 stamens are also very thin, transparent and barely > visible. Because of the narrowness of the corolla tube in the lower portion > I could not ascertain the point of attachment of the stamens. > The fruit seems to contain a single seed.(see photo 9) > 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/d4311905-f91a-428d-88c0-c598add61f23n%40googlegroups.com.
