Another good plant upload from Caryophyllaceae. I think the family has representation mostly in northern parts of India.
Dr Satish Phadke On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Gypsophila cerastioides* D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 215. 1825. > > Small perennial herb usually in subalpine forests and alpine meadows > hardly reaching 10 cm in height, white villous; leaves opposite, 1.5-3 cm > long, broadly obovate to spathulate, narrowed towards base, villous > especially along margins; flowers white, 6-12 mm across, in congested > dichasial cymes; pedicels up to 10 mm long; calyx 5-6 mm long, campanulate, > white villous, with obscure nerves; petals white with 3 purple veins, 7-9 > mm long, spathulate-obovate, retuse at tip; styles 2-3; capsule ovoid. > Photographed from Apharwat, Kashmir > > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > > > --
