A few things to note as amply focussed by Pennel and Tibetan Medicinal Plants
Basal portion of galea as long as corolla tube (1/2 as long in P. pyramidata) Inflorescence is shorter with few fascicles (very dense and up to 1 ft long in P. pyramidata as per FBI) Bracts don't conceal calyx (bracts are hairy and hide calyx according to Polunin) Agreed the two species are very closely related, on the basis of above observations I would go with P. pectinata. On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Garg sir, > Here is a image for your to rethink. The plant is on the left hand side. > Forget about the range of the species while rethinking. If a plant can > be found in Himachal then it can be found in Uttarakhand too as there > is not much distance. > > 1. Stem hairy. > 2. Mid lobe of lip is much bigger than side lobes. > 3. Stamens, if i am not wrong, its visible and seems to be inserted > above middle. > > I may be wrong though. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Pankaj ji & Tanay ji. > > > > I think it may be Pedicularis pectinata as per details in Concise Flowers > of > > Himalayas by Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton as though Pedicularis > pyramidata > > is similar, it is out of range. > > > > On 26 November 2010 09:20, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I also think Pedicularis pyramidata not very sure > >> Tanay > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> could this be Pedicularis pyramidata.... > >>> > >>> Pankaj > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:22 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) > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *********************************************** > >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >>> > >>> > >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >>> Research Associate > >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >>> Department of Habitat Ecology > >>> Wildlife Institute of India > >>> Post Box # 18 > >>> Dehradun - 248001, India > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tanay Bose > >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >> Department of Botany. > >> University of British Columbia . > >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >> [email protected] > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > 1460 > > members & 55,000 messages on 29/11/10 & with a database of around 4300 > > species on 31/10/10) > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- 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/
