Gurcharan ji,
That is a wonderful identification! Without the knowledge of
Scutellaria grossa, Scutellaria discolor seemed like the best fit for
the plant presently at FOI. But the plant is indeed Scutellaria
grossa. Infact, Prashant has first sent his flower picture from
Meghalaya as Scutellaria discolor.
Best wishes
- Tabish
On Jan 28, 7:32 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Scutellaria grossa* Wall. ex Benth. in Wall., Pl. As. Ran. 1: 67. 1830
>
> Pubescent perennial herb with slender ascending stems reaching 50 cm; lower
> leaves triangular-ovate, 3-8 cm long, strongly and coarsely crenate,
> cuneate to slightly cordate at base, lower with up to 3 cm long petiole,
> upper gradually reduced and becoming sessile; flowers blue more strongly in
> the upper lip elsewhere lighter colour to almost white, especially lower
> lip, forming a terminal up to 15 cm long raceme; bracts leaf-like, longer
> than pedicel and calyx especially in lower flowers; pedicel 3-4 mm long;
> calyx nearly 3 mm long, enlarging in fruit, scutellum 3 mm high; corolla
> tube 11-14 mm long covered with short glandular hairs; nutlets black.
>
> Photographed from Chakrata area in September and Kud in J & K in August
>
> I had my first doubts about this plant being uploaded on Flowers of India
> as S. discolor and by us from Chakrata, and I gave the detailed links in my
> following mail:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Scutellaria$...
>
> After further scrutiny and the plant uploaded by Prashant ji in the same
> thread (from Meghalaya, and which I think belongs to S. discolor, also
> reported from Western Ghats) and study of specimens and description I have
> come to realise that our plant is clearly S. grossa and improperly
> represented at Flowers of India. The two species can be clearly
> distinguished as under:
>
> *S. discolor:* leaves elliptic-ovate, mildly crenate with almost rounded
> crenations; flowers purplish; bracts very small shorter than pedicel
>
> *S. grossa:* leaves triangular-ovate, strongly crenate with somewhat
> pointed crenations; flowers blue; bracts larger, lower almost leafy, upper
> gradually smaller but distinctly
> longer than pedicel.
>
> The following links should help
>
> http://www.iiim.res.in/herbarium/lamiaceae/scutellaria_grossa.htm
>
> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=4930&flora_id=2
>
> http://eelke.li/manaslu/plaatjes/ej002.jpg
>
> http://131.230.176.4/imgs/pso/r/Lamiaceae_Scutellaria_discolor_30710....
>
> http://131.230.176.4/imgs/pso/r/Lamiaceae_Scutellaria_discolor_30709....
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
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