I believe this is *Swertia cordata*, which has the following characteristics: Stem leaves are stalkless, ovate to ovate-heart-shaped, 0.8-2.3 cm long, 0.5-1.2 cm broad, base heart-shaped and nearly stem-clasping, margin rough, tip pointed, veins 3-5. Flowers are borne in narrow, dense, many-flowered thyrses 13-40 cm. Flowers are 5-merous. Sepals are lanceshaped to ovate-lanceshaped, 5.5-7 mm long, margin rough and usually slightly curled, tip pointed. Flowers are white, with purple veins, 1-1.5 cm in diameter. Petals are narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceshaped, 0.8-1 cm long, tip pointed. At the base of each petal, is a circular greenish, viscous spot.
All these characteristics agree well with my plant. - Tabish On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID > -- > 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/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tabish <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:36 AM > Subject: [efloraofindia:50148] Swertia_spp-TQ04 > To: Efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Unidentified Swertia species. > Herb > Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand - 2,300 m above sea level. > Photographed in early October. > Please identify > - Tabish > ---------------------------------------------------- > http://www.flowersofindia.net > The Waterhole of Flower Lovers > > > >
