A query: "is it moorcroftiana or microftiana or macroftiana???????? madhuri"
On 2 October 2010 11:44, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “I beleive this is *Salvia moorcroftiana > *Tanay” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 23 August 2010 08:23 > Subject: [efloraofindia:45179] Salvia-moorcroftiana-macrosiphon-sclarea > from Kashmir: two plants and three species > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Flowers of India < > [email protected]> > > > Having photographed this plant from Pampore Karewas on June 20, 2010, I was > happy that I have photographed my most familiar Salvia, S. moorcroftiana a > very common plant in the valley, but when I discovered and photographed > another plant from Baramula on June 24 with white flowers and sat with my > books and internet, I realised that there is much more than just difference > in flower colour. Three closely related species S. moorcroftiana, S. sclarea > (S. asperata of Hook.f.) and S. macrosiphon are reported from Kashmir. The > leaves of this plant are much narrower, almost elliptic oblong, scarcely > broader than 12 cm, but the corolla tube is much longer than calyx, the > bracts below the flower cluster is more or less transparent like S. sclarea. > Kindly help in decision. Similar plant is displayed at FOI as S. lanata, but > that is a much smaller plant with much smaller leaves, scarcely broader than > 3 cm. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*of > Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For identification, learning & discussion about Indian Flora, please visit/ > join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1375 members & > 48,500 messages on 25/9/10 & with a database of around 4000 species) > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For identification, learning & discussion about Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1375 members & 48,500 messages on 25/9/10 & with a database of around 4000 species)
