Again new and beautiful for me Thanks for sharing Sir On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Acomstylis elata* (Wall. ex G. Don) F. Bolle, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni > Veg. Beih. 72: 83 83 1933 > Syn: Geum elatum Wall. ex G. Don; Sieversia elata (Wall. ex G. Don) Royle > > Perennial herb with up to 30 cm long basal leaves, deeply pinnatisect with > closely set leaflets, upper few smaller; flowering stem with few small > leaves, with 1-6 flowers; flowers yellow, 2-4 cm across; calyx-lobes > deltoid-ovate; petals orbicular, exceeding the calyx, yellow; achenes hairy, > acute at both ends. > > Photographed from Khillenmarg Meadow, above Gulmarg Kashmir in last week of > June. > > I would like the members examine the plant uploaded on FOI. I have a > feeling that it may be a species of Potentilla and not Acomastylis elata. > Please go through following links. The species may rarely also have red > flowers. Please note larger flowers and emarginate petals. > > http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id64691/?taxonid=512223 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagbjortj/2710300112/ > > http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/ph00012197 > > http://www.iiim.res.in/herbarium/rosaceae/acomastylis_elata.htm > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
