The flower appendages in this species exhibit rolling up of corolla to the extent that the flowers become ball like in appearance an adaptation most suited to minimize mechanical damage by the high velocity winds present in the area of its occurrence like Spiti valley
Dr Satish Phadke On 16 August 2013 05:20, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Scrophulariaceae fortnight > dog flower family > *Pedicularis bicornuta* Klotzsch ... also placed in Orobanchaceae > at Valley of Flowers on 02 AUG 12 > > [image: Pedicularis > bicornuta]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814597734%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfqmEE6NcBJcrXWD2A0hoighZOFzA> > > [image: Pedicularis > bicornuta]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7814620250%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfyAAXAJV1iMEsgLMhm7OwoSKae5w> > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
