Agreed Rashida ji It is in fact E. fruticosa.
-- 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 Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Garg ji I think your pictures match more with Elsholtzia fruticosa. Please > check pg 100 of Polunin & Stainton. The leaves pictures in the second link > provided by you below with Lamiaceae as the heading are more lanceolate and > helps in establishing the difference betwen the two species E. fruticosa and > E. eriostachya. > regards, > Rashida. > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:41 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> “*Can it be Elsholtzia eriostachya* as per details in Concise Flowers of >> Himalayas by Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton ? >> >> Flowers are yellow as per the book. >> A few links: >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200019634 >> http://www.asianflora.com/Lamiaceae/Elsholtzia-eriostachya.htm " >> >> >> >> “bracts are not very clear in your photographs but *perhaps E. >> eriostachya is a better choice*, especially the flower colour as per >> eFlora of Pakistan” from Singh ji. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> Date: 22 November 2010 09:35 >> Subject: Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb33 for Id- JM >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> 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) >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 1475 members & >> 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on >> 30/11/10) >> >> >
