I too think that this could be Swertia sp.
Regards Giby On 30 October 2012 12:22, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > This is Gentianaceae for sure. > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> Could be some *Swertia* sp. >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> >> Date: 8 October 2012 21:07 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:134301] Nilgiris: herb for identification >> 081012MK01 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> Please help me to identify this herb found in open grassland. Could this >> be Melastomaceae member? >> >> Date: 07 Oct 2012 >> Place: Ebbanadu, nilgiris, TN >> Alt: 1798m asl >> >> Plant height about 10cm; leaf about 2.5cm long; flower up to 2cm across >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 1980 members & >> 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Assistant Professor PG and Research Department of Botany Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi- 682 013 Kerala, India Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby --
