After further scrutiny I have come to the conclusion that my plant identifies better with C. fontanum on account of two things: The petals are longer than sepals capsule is much longer than fruiting calyx
-- 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/ On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:58 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “* This one doesn't look like Cerastium fontanum subsp. triviale* to > > me, which is now treated synonymous with Cerastium fontanum subsp. > vulgare. Petals are supposed to be shorted than sepals in that > species. However, in your flower the petals are distinctly longer than > the sepals. > To me it looks like Cerastium dahuricum (alternate spelling > Cerastium davuricum), with notched petals longer than sepals and stem- > clasping leaves > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=39189&flora_id=2 > Your comments? > Best wishes > - Tabish” > > > > “Thanks for pointing out the petals length. It, however, does not look like > C. davuricum in which the plants are much taller, leaves much broader at > base (ovate) and clasping. > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=39189&flora_id=2 > > My plant *may be C. fontanum var. grandiflorum perhaps*, the leaves are > clearly elliptic-lanceolate. Let us continue the search. > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 29 July 2010 08:23 > Subject: [efloraofindia:42589] Cersatium fontanum var. triviale from > Kashmir > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Flowers of India < > [email protected]> > > > Cersatium fontanum var. triviale from Kashmir, differeing from C. > glomeratum in larger petals, lax inflorescence and longer pedicels. > Photographed from Nishat garden on June 17, 2010 > > -- > 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' > 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 learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1360 members & > 47,000 messages on 10/9/10) > >
