Tabish ji P. siphonantha has much longer and slender corolla tube, beak spirally coild or S shaped and leaves with 6-15 pairs of segments.
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=52572&flora_id=2 -- 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 8:40 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji, > According to Polunin & Stainton, Pedicularis siphonantha is found in > region from Uttarakhand to S. Tibet. However, I don't have much idea > about Pedicularis punctata. > - Tabish > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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(morethan > >> > 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 > > > > >
