This is a new plant for me. I have no doubt walked past it without paying much attention previously. Most of my travels in the Himalaya have been at higher elevations or concentrating upon showier flowers.
Assuming the identification is correct, Stewart knew it as *Pseudostellaria himalaica* - found in forests @ 1800-2700m in N.Pakistan. Hooker named it as *Stellaria bulbosa*. This is the name Collet used in 'Flora Simlensis', where he found it in damp shady forests from Kashmir to Bhutan; he even gave its distribution to include Transylvania! According to the key for Caryophyllaceae in FOP the genus is separated from the more familiar *Stellaria* (do not know enough to confirm this is correct) on the basis of characteristics of the tubers (not visible in this or any other photo unless of a pressed or up-rooted specimen), the sepals being slightly united at base and presence of cleistogamic flowers). On Tuesday, 26 April 2011 18:01:03 UTC+1, Alok Mahendroo wrote: > Dear friends, > A small plant id... > > Location Kalatope, chamba > Altitude 2400 mts > Habit herb > Habitat wild > Height 3 inches > > regards > Alok > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, India > www.hive.interconnection.org > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
