I am struggling with this family. A couple of times I thought I had seen V. canescens turned out to be not so. There is V. pilosa and another whose identity I am still not sure. Hopefully in good time I will be certain what to look for. These are very useful plants for food as well medicines. Dr Chauhan's book on medicinal plants lists V. serpens, V. canescens, and V. odorata in use in Himachal Pradesh.
The name serpens is also used for both indica and pilosa species. So you see there is lot to be learnt. The good thing is that we have specimens aplenty here to study and I should ideally devote some time to this genus exclusively. You will surely hear it if I get around to doing that. Regards, Ashwini On 19-Mar-2015, at 10:37 pm, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much sir. This helps me a lot. > Have you come across any other similar looking species of Viola? > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hello Anurag, > I can think of a couple off the top of my head. The lower petal is the > smallest among all five. The tiny style (I am not sure if it could be called > that) is yellow and tiny white hair cover the central upper surface where the > petals meet. The flower overall is very pale violet, almost white. > > Please remember that I am a beginner myself, so wait for the experts before > concluding anything. > > Regards, > Ashwini > > > > On 19-Mar-2015, at 8:31 pm, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Any key identifying features, sir? >> >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Looks a lot like the Viola canescens we have here in the himalayas. >> >> Regards, >> Ashwini >> >> On 18-Mar-2015, at 3:44 pm, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> It may be Viola odorata or Viola alba, not sure.- from Shruti ji. >>> >>> efi page on Viola odorata >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> >>> Date: 2 March 2015 at 22:15 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:217220] ANMAR03/03 Viola sp. for identification >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Family: Violaceae >>> Date: November 2014 >>> Place: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand >>> Habit: Herb >>> >>> -- >>> 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/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per >>> Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >>> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world- >>> more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia >>> website (with a species database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 >>> images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia. >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> <DSC_0491.JPG><DSC_0501.JPG><DSC_0493.jpg><DSC_0494.jpg><DSC_0495.jpg><DSC_0496.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Anurag N. Sharma >> BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year >> St. Josephs College >> Bangalore > > > > > -- > Anurag N. Sharma > BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year > St. Josephs College > Bangalore -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
