Finally we agreed on Oxalis purpurea
-- 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 Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 1:28 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “Dear Gurcharan ji, Sorry for the late response.* To me this looks like > Oxalis > purpurea.* Please see the following links > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/SouthAfricanOxalisEight > http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=8253+3202+4147+0133 > Best wishes - Tabish” > > “Tabish ji > *I had also considered O. rosea but perhaps deeply obcordate leaves and > leafy stem discouraged me*. Here is the description O. rosea from Hortus > Third: > Erect much-branched leafy-stemmed annual, to 18 inch; petioles to 1 inch > long, leaflets 3, obcordate, to 1/4 inch long; fls rose with darker veins > and white throat, in loose several-flowered cymes, peduncles 3-8 inch long. > http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/131874/ > My plant has larger leaflets (nearly 1 inch long) with mostly rounded tips > (or slightly retusetip), the base cuneate and leaflets with ciliate margin. > flowers occurring singly, It matches with: > http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/90715/ > *This plant is much closer to O. depressa* which according to Hortus > Third is "Nearly stem-less, bulbous, rhizomatous perennial; leaflets 3, > rounded or subtriangular, 1/4 inch long, cuneate or attenuate at base, > glabrous or sparingly ciliate; fls white, rosy or violet with yellow tube, > 1 1/4 inch long, solitary on peduncles longer than leaves". > My plant has larger thicker leaves, ciliate on margin, pink flowers with > yellow throat. Single flower is common in both species, a rather important > character within genus Oxalis to differentiate species. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 19 March 2011 19:59 > Subject: [efloraofindia:65158] Oxalis obliquifolia from Delhi University > Flower Show > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Flowers of India < > [email protected]>, Tabish <[email protected]> > > > *Oxalis obliquifolia* Steud. ex A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 123 1847. > syn: *Acetosella obliquifolia* (Steud. ex A. Rich.) Kuntze > > > This beautiful Oxalis was displayed in Delhi University Flower Show on > February 25, 2011. > > -- > 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/ > > > > -- > 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'. > >
