Surely Urtica hyperborea has never been recorded from Tamil Nadu before? Sorry Santhan but this plant does not come close to Urtica hyperborea.....
I am familiar with U.hyperborea from high-altitude passes in Ladakh - which is thousands of kms to the north with a completely different climate. According to 'Flowers of the Himalaya' this species is distributed from Pakistan to Bhutan also Tibet and Mongolia on stony high altitude steppes @ 4100-5100m. Stewart gives an altitudinal range for Hunza, Baltistan & Ladakh from 3600-5200m. It is also recorded from E.Tibet North of Sikkim on mountain slopes @ 5000m. An occurrence, albeit in the hills near Ooty, would be extraordinary. I have never been to Tamil Nadu and know nothing of its flora. I note there are no images of U.hyperborea on eFI. On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 2:46:15 PM UTC+1, Santhan P wrote: > Urtica, undershrub at 2000m altitude near Doddabetta Nilgiri Tamilnadu > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
