This did look like Gentiana tubiflora to me, until I looked at the
sepals. These flowers have narrow linear sepals, whereas G. tubuflora
is supposed to have short, triangular or narrow-ovate sepals.
Also, I feel it may not be Gentiana at all, because there are no
"lobules" alternating with the petals. Could be a Gentianella species.
- Tabish
On Oct 19, 9:16 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gentianatubiflora
> Pankaj
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dear Friends,
> > This looks like Gentiana sp. Photographed just at the periphery of
> > Chandratal Lake (Spiti).
>
> > Date/Time: 30-09-2010 / 08:40AM
> > Location: In the vicinity of Chandratal Lake (Spiti) at the altitude of
> > approx. 14200ft.
> > Habitat: Wild
> > Plant Habit: Herb
>
> > regards
> > Prashant
>
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