Dear Garg ji, Thanks for the suggestion, I think it cant be *V.hederifolia *because as Gurcharan ji has pointed out in another post the pedicels of *hederifolia *are long but in this plant they are barely 1-2 mm long. This is apart from the fact that it does not occur in the Himalayas. Gurcharan ji in another post has mentioned another Himalayan plant *V.stewartii *which has 3 lobed leaves and short pedicels. However there are no details given so as to ascertain whether it is V.stewartii or not. Information about the shape of the ovary would be very helpful as most veronicas have flattened ovaries but this plant has a globose ovary. Further in this plant all the four lobes of the corolla are almost of equal size. A local villager told me that villagers call it *"Zaw Ghas" *literally meaning "Lice grass". I think this is so called because its tiny pinkish white flowers resemble lice. With regards Taffazull
On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 12:42:33 PM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: > Looks different from similar looking species like as per images at > https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/veronica-persica/ > https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/veronica-didyma/ > > To me appears close to images (reported introduced in India) as per images > and details > https://efloraofindia.com/2019/03/19/veronica-hederifolia/ > > > > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 16:02, taffa...@gmail.com <taffa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear members, >> Am posting photos of a plant growing on the side of a path in Srinagar . >> The photos were taken very recently. It is a hairy herb. The flowers are >> minute about 1-2mm long with pinkish white corolla. Because of their small >> size they look like dust specks to the naked eye and can only be examined >> properly with a magnifying glass. All photos of flowers unless mentioned >> were taken from specimens put under a dissecting microscope. It has four >> lobes of very hairy calyx divided to base. The four lobes of corolla >> (1-1.5mm) are divided to 3/4 of the length. Two stamens with filaments 1mm >> long bearing minute anthers are adnate to the corolla, The ovary differs >> from that of Veronicas in being globose. The style ends in a very hairy >> stigma. Would request the members to suggest the correct ID if this herb. >> Photo1 and Photo 2 are the plants (Each small square of graph paper=1mm) >> Photo 3 is a view of the flower >> Photo5 shows the two stamens adnate to corolla just as in *Veronica >> persica* >> Photo 8 is a photo of a mature fruit >> With Regards >> Taffazull >> >> -- >> 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 indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b5933e99-008e-4650-8cad-0197e71216e7n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b5933e99-008e-4650-8cad-0197e71216e7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/bc2404ad-335e-49bc-84ce-f45900ff568an%40googlegroups.com.
