Amit ji Slight correction. It is Thylacospermum caespitosum (Camb.) Schischkin<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242000966> (syn: *Arenaria* *rupifraga* (Kar. & Kir.) Fenzl).
I have travelled a lot in Ladakh but incidentally not seen this plant. Thanks for showing this rare plant. -- 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 Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amit ji > Thanks for posting this great shot. I was wondering about the flowering > plants on it.These seem to be different species as clarified by you in the > thread later. > By the way please re-size your image to less than 150k before sending to > group. > Dr Phadke > > > On 6 January 2011 16:11, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> The plant depicted in photo is a mound of plant belonging to family >> Caryophyllaceae *Thylacospermum caespitosum *(Camb.) Sch. collected from >> Khardungla, Ladakh >> >> regards >> >> Dr. Amit Chauhan >> JTA >> CIMAP, RC, Pantnagar >> Dist. Udham Singh Nagar >> Uttarakhand >> > >
