Wow very different characters for Datura! Exerted stamens and pistil, terminal inflorescence! Do you have pictures of fruits. Anyway this plant is new one to me.
Please check for any possibility of species of *Physochlaina* (I got this suggestion while searching similar plants online) http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=125320 Regards, Giby On 31 October 2011 21:44, Suresh Rana <[email protected]> wrote: > I found only two species of Datura in "Flowers of Himalayas" i.e D. > stramonium and D. suaveolens confined upto 2200 and 1700 mtrs > respectively. In Flora of British India there is mention of 10 species > of which only D. stramomonium and D. metel are found in Himalayas and > all other are confined to lowers altitudes. Kindly help me to identify > this species and mention literature about any other specie of higher > altitude. > > Thanks and regards > Suresh Rana -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
