Yes Salvia moorcroftiana finally
-- 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 Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:47 PM, 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* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1400 members & > 50,000 messages on 10/10/10 & with a database of around 4100 species on > 31/8/10) > >
