Polygonum affine D. Don is the accepted name now http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50133712 Status of Bistorta affinis not resolved. - Tabish
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bistorta affinis (D. Don) Greene, Leafl. bot. observ. 1:21, 1904 > > syn: Polygonum affine D. Don; Persicaria affinis (D. Don) Ronse Decr. > Common name: Himalayan fleece-flower > Perennial plant with woody rootstock clothed with old stipules, and > procumbent tufted branches up to 25 cm long; leaves mostly basal, > elliptic-lanceolate, margins recurved, crenate, glabrous; stem leaves few; > ochrea up to 1 cm long, many-nerved, brown; flowers pedicellate, white > turning rosy with age, in compact 5-8 cm long erect spicate racemes; tepals > 5, biseriate; stamens 8; ovary trigonous with long free styles; nut > trigonous, 2-2.5 mm long. > Photographed from Apharwat Mountain in Kashmir in August, often forming > patches among rocky slopes, alt. 3500 m. > > > -- > 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/ > > -- ------------------------------------------- http://www.flowersofindia.in The waterhole of flower lovers
