Thanks Mr. Chadwell. This photo was taken during Marakha valley trek after crossing `Kongmarula` and comimg down a gorge in Hemis sactuary pl.
On 9 October 2016 at 19:31, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: chrischadwell...@btinternet.com <chrischadwell...@btinternet.com> > Date: 9 October 2016 at 19:19 > Subject: [efloraofindia:253304] Re: Ladakh flora 7-up. > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Please, please always send rough location and altitude. What a wonderful > plant - those adapted to higher altitudes fascinate me and are so visually > appealing. > > In general habit it looks a bit like *Eriophyton wallichii* - a plant of > stony slopes & screes from W.Nepal to SW China to 5400m but it is not this > (which is not found in Ladakh). I describe this as resembling "furry" > daleks (not sure if the BBC Series Doctor Who has made it to India). Then > thought of what 'Flowers of Himalaya' has as *Lamium rhomboideum* (which > has a line drawing in 'Flowers of the Himalaya'); Stewart records this from > Kurram & Chitral plus Spiti but it has not been recorded from Ladakh. > 'Flora of Lahul-Spiti' has it as rare in Lahoul but common in > Spiti. Certainly similar in general appearance but these idoes not match > this. > > So I then thought of *Glechoma nivalis*, which Stewart knew as *Nepeta > nivalis*. Yes, getting close. I see that Dickore & Klimes list *Marmoritis > nivalis* (syn. G.nivalis) and *Marmoritis rotundifolia* both of which are > currently accepted names. So how does one distinguish between the two? > There has certainly been some confusion. Stewart seems to have thought that > specimens labelled as *Nepeta rotundifolia* Benth. from Kurram were *Nepeta > floccosa.* This presumably stems from Hooker, who had *N.tibetica*, > *N.nivalis* with *N.rotundifolia* as a synonym of *N.floccosa* - which is > a distinct enough species, common in Ladakh (that I would not have imaged > was connected to these). > > *I am currently thinking the images come within Marmoritis rotundifolia > There are some excellent images named as such, see: > http://botany.cz/en/marmoritis-rotundifolia/ > <http://botany.cz/en/marmoritis-rotundifolia/>* > > > On Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 9:27:16 AM UTC+1, Ushaprabha wrote: > >> Id of the plant pl. >> >> ushaprabha page. >> > -- > 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 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> 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. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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.
