Beautiful flowers. On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> *Mentha royleana* Wall. ex Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 29 1830. > Syn: *Mentha* *longifolia* subsp. *royleana* (Wall. ex Benth.) Briq. > > Similar to and formerly included under M. longifolia but easily > differentiated by its narrower, petiolate leaves, slender flower clusters > and shorter calyx; perennial herb, stems ascending; leaves oblong-elliptic, > whitish hairy, distinctly petiolate, petiole up to 8 mm long; remotely > serrulate or dentate; flower clusters distant, forming terminal spikes; > calyx 1.5-2 mm long with subequal lobes; corolla mauve to white. > > Common along streams and wet places. Photographed from Harwan, Kashmir > -- > 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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
