Dear Gurcharan Singh ji, Could this be *Polygonum recumbens*? I had also spotted the similar plant on the Road side on the way to Rohtang from Manali. I will post the same in seperate post to avoid mix up.
Regards Prashant On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > This species was photographed from Mussoorie Chakrata Road near Baratkhai. > A small perennial herb barely growing more than 15 cm, forming patches along > roadside. stems erect, woody at base with obovate leaves narrowed towards > base, about 1.5-2 cm long, about 1-1.2 mm broad, rounded or acute at apex, > leaves spirally arranged and closely spaced; flowers white ca 1.2-1.5 mm > across, white in clusters in leaf axils. > > Similar plant uploaded at Flowers of India identified as Polygonum > filicaule, but perhaps not correctly identified. P. filicaule is a very > delicate plant with straw-like stems, very distant leaves smaller leaves. > > http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/specimen/specimen.php?taiid=234307 > > > http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/specimen/species-specimen.php?folderID=317%20005%2008%200&display=pic > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
