Simply superb presentation with all the details , info and reference besides the beautiful photographs.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 11:32:24 PM UTC+5:30, ashwini wrote: > > These flowers are very abundant in our area (much more so than *V. > canescens*) and I find them scattered everywhere on the hill sides on my > daily walks. I have been seeing them since January but they started coming > out in good numbers around mid-February. These are larger lilac/lavender > flowers with broad lower lip and a hint of contrasting bright yellow around > the stigma. The runners are quite common and the stipules toothed. I have > seen several capsules with sepals and stigma still attached. The leaves and > stems are softly hairy but much less so than those of *V. canescens*. > > Now the troubling part. While typing this message and looking at my data > closely, I have managed to convince myself that I am not certain of its ID. > Here is why: > > *Viola serpens* is a synonym of *Viola pilosa* which is now the accepted > name according to the Plant List; > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-33801418 > > A search for *V. pilosa* on FlowersofIndia.net shows a completely > different flower but Alok Mahendroo ji’s blog shows the same flower as the > one below under *V. serpens*. If they are synonyms then I am baffled yet > again. There is more—flowersofindia gives *V. serpens* as a synonym also > of *V. indica* (an unresolved name according to the Plant List), the > photos of which look very similar to my sample, but my flowers are > definitely not fragrant. It could be that *V. pilosa* has great variation > in colour, size and shape and that my sample is *V. pilosa* aka *V. > serpens*. > > First here is a page from the Linnean Society Journal which lists *V. > canescens* as white and much smaller that *V. serpens*. My flower matches > the description of *V. serpens*. > > I am not sure how to proceed from here. Is my sample *V. pilosa* or a > hybrid or a local variation? Is it a variety of *Viola canina*? I am in > great need of > expert advice. Please help. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/7a9b89f7-2054-46ce-a081-2f696dd94a1c%40googlegroups.com.
