Wonderful captures, Rawat ji.
On 21 September 2013 13:18, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Cyananthus microphyllus* Edgew. (Campanulaceae) is a common but > beautiful alpine herb. Many times thousands of flowers can be seen on the > ground surface making a floral carpet in alpine zones. > > Species of this genus *Cyananthus* develop hirsute hairs on the outer > surface of calyx which, in addition to other role (not known to me) also > meant for repelling insects since developing fruits are contained in > persistent calyx. In the fourth picture a caterpillar is visible eating > only soft succulent and glabrous corolla part leaving hairy calyx. > > > > Here photographed in Nilkanth valley near Badrinath, Uttarakhand. > > > > DSRawat Pantnagar > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 (largest in the world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2165 members & 1,64,000 messages on 31/8/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 8500 species & 1,70, 000 images). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
