Thanks Tabish ji for prompting me for relook from 'Scrophulariaceae of Western Himalayas'. I had initially provisionally identified it from Flora simlensis which lists only P. carnosa (now synonym of P. bifida) with alternate leaves and pink flowers.
P. siphonantha according to Pennel does not grow in Western Himalayas and has much longer corolla tube (usually more than four times the calyx). To me the plant looks to be Pedicularis punctata Decne. (syn: P. siphonantha var. brevituba Prain) characterised by leaves with 4-6 pairs of pinnae, flowers pink, part of lower corolla lobes and galea white. -- 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, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is Pedicularis siphonantha > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=52572&flora_id=2 > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tube%20Lousewort.html > with a distinctive twisted nose. > - Tabish > > On Nov 20, 12:16 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wild Herb captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around > 11,000 > > ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.). > > -- > > 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 1420 members & > > 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 species on > > 30/9/10) > > > > Herb25 I IMG_4756.jpg > > 471KViewDownload > > > > Herb25 I2 IMG_4754.jpg > > 211KViewDownload > > > > Herb25 I2 IMG_4756.jpg > > 207KViewDownload > > > > Herb25 I IMG_4712.jpg > > 181KViewDownload > > > > Herb25 I IMG_4754.jpg > > 268KViewDownload
