Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback:
Can't be any of the two as leaves are whorled. Closer to P. pectinata but flowers slightly darker, calyx tube inflated, basal portion of galea shorter, I *would go with P. pyramidata.* -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Thank you very much Gurcharan ji for the tentative ID ... *Colour and texture of calyx in ** http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pyramid%20Lousewort.html*<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pyramid%20Lousewort.html> * seem to differ from what is posted here. Please validate / reconsider the ID.* Regards. Dinesh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: 30 August 2012 00:01 Subject: [efloraofindia:127367] VoF Week :: DV :: 02 AUG 12 - 0938 :: Pedicularis ¿ gracilis / rhinanthoides ? at Valley of Flowers To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> [image: Valley of Flowers]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7795632618%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfiscXcV1ezkljkoVaSBkd-7VO2FQ> 2 AUG 12 Valley of Flowers ... about 11500 ft ------------------------------ Dear friends, ID please. *Habitat*: sloping meadow *Habit*: small herb, about 20 - 30 cm high; flower about 1 - 1.5 cm across (not sure) [image: Pedicularis ¿ gracilis / rhinanthoides ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814711822%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzew-T-ASUmhFykCuPZV_E5CFmtjdA> [image: Pedicularis ¿ gracilis / rhinanthoides ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814716826%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfay43IyH-805Oymsve4masqupNWg> [image: Pedicularis ¿ gracilis / rhinanthoides ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814706408%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfZGYBvpk-n494iMyThgPmXg0Arcw> [image: Pedicularis ¿ gracilis / rhinanthoides ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814592658%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzePcIG784u3yXSFfmpPWUfyDl_prw> [image: Pedicularis ¿ gracilis / rhinanthoides ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814700722%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcSzFbqjg56gdJurmhOE0VT_QUG6g> [image: Pedicularis ¿ gracilis / rhinanthoides ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814694386%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze3YyhKWPCHEvNMPmnx2uXu08ZdjA> Regards. Dinesh -- -- With regards, J.M.Garg 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 1950 members & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
