Wonderful shot Sir On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> > *Rubus niveus* Thunb., Rubo 9, f. 3 9, 1813 > syn: *Rubus lasiocarpus* Smith; *R. foliosus* D. Don > > A large spreading shrub distinguished from other species of Rubus by its > pinnate compound leaves with usually 5-11 leaflets and pink flowers; stem > and branches sometimes turning purplish, slightly hairy; leaflets elliptic, > ovate to ovate-lanceolate, toothed, terminal often larger and lobed, upper > surface green, lower white hairy; flowers 9-12 mm across in panicles; calyx > hairy, petals pink slightly shorter to almost as long as calyx lobes; fruit > initially pink finally maturing to black and glaucous. > > Photographed from Nainital in April in flower and Kashmir in July in > Fruit. > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l58lqV6vwV4/T5I2vr-cMpI/AAAAAAAABF8/PWtYZcPyXPc/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Nainital-1-IMG_0883.jpg> > Rubus-niveus-Nainital-1-IMG_0883 > > > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UEUsbAClj-M/T5I3Dt5fJkI/AAAAAAAABGI/MxRV_xtK_bY/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Nainital-2-IMG_0882.jpg> > Rubus-niveus-Nainital-2-IMG_0882 > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FIpU1GrmjmE/T5I4--qlOxI/AAAAAAAABGg/AGSBQgUTpmY/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Nainital-3-IMG_0881.jpg> > Rubus-niveus-Nainital-3-IMG_0881 > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lC9Frg49oVY/T5I5ZeBLq0I/AAAAAAAABGs/6OfMXW97UTs/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-1-DSC05636.jpg> > > Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-1-DSC05636 > > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZaskM3QWSrQ/T5I6WejGmkI/AAAAAAAABHE/8TzkvGEpJn4/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-2-DSC05637.jpg> > > Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-2-DSC05637 > > > Gurcharan Singh > > > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
