Yes Prashant ji Polygonum recumbens is the closest choice though mine uploaded on FOI is a an ascending plant with longer stems and much more acute leaves than my above Chakrata plant. Let us see further. May be Ritesh ji can help.
http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Creeping%20Knotweed.html -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Gurcharan Singh ji, > > Could this be *Polygonum recumbens*? I had also spotted the similar plant > on the Road side on the way to Rohtang from Manali. I will post the same in > seperate post to avoid mix up. > > Regards > Prashant > > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> This species was photographed from Mussoorie Chakrata Road near Baratkhai. >> A small perennial herb barely growing more than 15 cm, forming patches along >> roadside. stems erect, woody at base with obovate leaves narrowed towards >> base, about 1.5-2 cm long, about 1-1.2 mm broad, rounded or acute at apex, >> leaves spirally arranged and closely spaced; flowers white ca 1.2-1.5 mm >> across, white in clusters in leaf axils. >> >> Similar plant uploaded at Flowers of India identified as Polygonum >> filicaule, but perhaps not correctly identified. P. filicaule is a very >> delicate plant with straw-like stems, very distant leaves smaller leaves. >> >> http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/specimen/specimen.php?taiid=234307 >> >> >> http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/specimen/species-specimen.php?folderID=317%20005%2008%200&display=pic >> >> >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >
