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On Oct 11, 4:31 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Lysimachia alternifolia* Wall., Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 26 > (1824) > > The plant at first look reminds you of Anagallis with similar long axillary > pedicels and shape of fruits surrounded by similar calyx lobes, but > alternate leaves and yellow flowers lead to look you for some thing closer, > and it landed me to Lysimachia alternifolia very distinct from other species > in alternate leaves, long slender pedicels and yellow flowers. > > Small decumbent herb, 6-25 cm, branching from base; leaves alternate, > ovate-lanceolate 2.5-3.5 cm long, lower stalked, upper sessile; flowers > yellow, solitary axillary with slender pedicels almost as long as leaves; > calyx lobes lanceolate, longer than corolla, persistent in fruit; corolla > rotate, 5-8 mm across, segments oblong gland-dotted; filaments united at > base; capsule glabrous, shorter than calyx, globose. > > Photographed from shaded ground among shrubs in Tiger fall area Chakrata on > September 18, 2011 > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-1.jpg > 202KViewDownload > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-2.jpg > 183KViewDownload > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-3.jpg > 185KViewDownload > > Lysimachia-alternifolia-Chakrata Tiger fall area-4.jpg > 135KViewDownload
