Ritesh ji Frankly Aster and Erigeron in Western Himalayas are two genera which show a lot of variability and to me appear a difficult group. I have still not been able to place my specimens with confidence, but yes the above plants looks to be sharinf two important characters of . peduncularis winged petioles and leafy outer phyllaries. I have seen several populations like this elsewhere with purely white heads.
-- 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 Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Sending these pictures on behalf of Sri Krishan Lal Ji from Himachal > Pradesh who works at PWD and has keen interest and expertise on the flora of > Himachal Pradesh. I've also invited him to join eFlora. > > He has asked me to get the ID validated from eFlora guessing it to be as > Aster peduncularis. > > Locality: Himachal Pradesh (1500-2000m) > > Flowering time: September-October. > > Please validate. > > Regards, > Ritesh. > > P.S.: All the rights for these photographs are reserved by Sri Krishan Lal > Ji.
