I think Alok ji is right, Pilea umbrosa seems right choice. Balkar ji it does not have stinging hairs, rather soft hairs on branches.
-- 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 Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > May be a sp of Urtica > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:18 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> >> Date: 8 July 2011 21:57 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:73645] Kalatope id al080711 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Possible id 'Shady Himalayan Clearweed (Pilea umbrosa)' >> >> rather dumb of me ... but I was so sure that it was a nettle..(not >> realising that there were MANY nettles that I just took a photo of the >> flower and not the plant) >> >> Location Kalatope, Chamba >> Altitude 2100 mts >> habit herb >> habitat wild >> Plant height 2 feet >> >> regards >> Alok >> -- >> Himalayan Village Education Trust >> Village Khudgot, >> P.O. Dalhousie >> District Chamba >> H.P. 176304, India >> www.hive.interconnection.org >> www.hivetrust.wordpress.com >> www.forwildlife.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1725 members & >> 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of around 5500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
