Really a nice Lamiaceae member. On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Scutellaria grossa* Wall. ex Benth. in Wall., Pl. As. Ran. 1: 67. 1830 > > Pubescent perennial herb with slender ascending stems reaching 50 cm; > lower leaves triangular-ovate, 3-8 cm long, strongly and coarsely crenate, > cuneate to slightly cordate at base, lower with up to 3 cm long petiole, > upper gradually reduced and becoming sessile; flowers blue more strongly in > the upper lip elsewhere lighter colour to almost white, especially lower > lip, forming a terminal up to 15 cm long raceme; bracts leaf-like, longer > than pedicel and calyx especially in lower flowers; pedicel 3-4 mm long; > calyx nearly 3 mm long, enlarging in fruit, scutellum 3 mm high; corolla > tube 11-14 mm long covered with short glandular hairs; nutlets black. > > Photographed from Chakrata area in September and Kud in J & K in August > > I had my first doubts about this plant being uploaded on Flowers of India > as S. discolor and by us from Chakrata, and I gave the detailed links in my > following mail: > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Scutellaria$20discolor$20or$20Scutellaria$20grossa/indiantreepix/ZszojoTuLZw/mdr4ldEGFNIJ > > After further scrutiny and the plant uploaded by Prashant ji in the same > thread (from Meghalaya, and which I think belongs to S. discolor, also > reported from Western Ghats) and study of specimens and description I have > come to realise that our plant is clearly S. grossa and improperly > represented at Flowers of India. The two species can be clearly > distinguished as under: > > *S. discolor:* leaves elliptic-ovate, mildly crenate with almost rounded > crenations; flowers purplish; bracts very small shorter than pedicel > > *S. grossa:* leaves triangular-ovate, strongly crenate with somewhat > pointed crenations; flowers blue; bracts larger, lower almost leafy, upper > gradually smaller but distinctly > longer than pedicel. > > The following links should help > > http://www.iiim.res.in/herbarium/lamiaceae/scutellaria_grossa.htm > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=4930&flora_id=2 > > http://eelke.li/manaslu/plaatjes/ej002.jpg > > http://131.230.176.4/imgs/pso/r/Lamiaceae_Scutellaria_discolor_30710.html > > http://131.230.176.4/imgs/pso/r/Lamiaceae_Scutellaria_discolor_30709.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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
