Thank you Gurcharan ji!! On Fri, 23 Jun, 2023, 10:47 am [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Gurcharan ji, > Thanks for the correct I.D. and the attached paper. > It is surely * Valerianella locusta *and not valerian. > Hope the photos add to efloraofindia collection as I did not find any > photos there. > The calyx lobes in ripe fruit(photo attached) have a single tooth. > With sincere regards > Taffazull > > > On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 8:22:29 AM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> Not Valeriana rather Valerianella. Check for V. locusta, I had recorded >> it as new record in India in 1974, paper attached. >> >> On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 10:12:39 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Shakir ji, >>> Thanks for the ID. >>> However according to Wikipedia Valerians have trifoliate pinnate leaves >>> with serrated edges but here leaves are entire .Veins are not prominent >>> (very different from leaves in *V.himalayana *photo at EFI). Also >>> branching appears to be dichotomous (See attached photo).Also altitude of >>> Rawathpora is about1600 meters while *V.himalayana *according to FOP >>> occurs at 3000-5000m asl. Perhaps identification of the species would >>> bring more clarity. >>> Regards >>> Taffazull >>> >>> On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 10:30:00 PM UTC+5:30 Shakir Ahmad wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/fjWj_Eqav0U/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/2f6a5f48-b5e9-411c-89f1-999833416e6fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/2f6a5f48-b5e9-411c-89f1-999833416e6fn%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/CAKSJquF3yhUY2RBNcR6e1pT1vBR1%3Dxnpde%2BQVC76nW2W6nVTtw%40mail.gmail.com.
