I do not know what it is but sure that it is neither *U. hyperborea* nor *Urtica* as all *Urtica* species have opposite leaves. Must be some other genus in Urticaceae.
DSRawat Pantnagar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr D.S. Rawat Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA *eflorapantnagar* <https://sites.google.com/site/eflorapantnagar/home> displaying wild flora of Pantnagar On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:37 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > It seems to be* Urtica hyperborea** Jacq. ex Wedd.* - from Santhan ji > 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. - > from Chadwell ji. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <[email protected]> > Date: 27 March 2017 at 19:16 > Subject: [efloraofindia:266568] Urtica from Nilgiri Tamilnadu > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > 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 email to [email protected]. > 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 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 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 [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.
