*Silene armeria* is an ornamental species occurring rarely as escape in India (vide- Flora of India voi-II). With more than 20 nerves on inflated calyx (partially visible in background) it resemble S.conoidea more closely.Yes the shape of petals is not perfectly matching. Agree with your statement on variation. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Monday, July 1, 2013 3:10:27 PM UTC+5:30, Gurumurthi wrote: > > Dear all, > > Attaching a snap, taken by my friend at Manali, in the first week of June. > Any chance for *Silene* *armeria* L. ? > I have heard that in S. *armeria*, flower color ranges from pink to white > to purple. > > Please validate. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
