I am copying information available in Flora of Pakistan @ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200020571
Please refer and see whether this matches and check any herbarium or other sources. * * Regards, Giby * * * * *Physochlaina praealta* (Decne.) Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, 5:473. 1850. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:244.1883. YASIN J. NASIR *Belenia* *praealta* Decne.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=230000469> *Scopolia* *praealta* Dunal<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=230005684> Herb 1 m or more tall, branched, pubescent. Leaf lamina 7-11 x 5-9.5 cm, ovate, ovate-oblong, pubescent, midrib prominent on under surface. Petiole c. lamina length or shorter. Corymbs lax, pubescent. Pedicels 8-20 mm long, up to 35 mm in fruit, Calyx 9-11 mm long, tubular-campanulate, glandular-pubescent, up to 27 mm in fruit, ± chartaceous and nervose; lobes 3.5-5 mm long, triangualr, ovate. Corolla 20-30 mm long, infundibuliform, yellow, lobes obtuse-wavy, with greenish-brown veins. Stamens exserted; anthers 3 mm long, oblong, filaments slender, lower 1/3rd pubescent. Style exceeding stamens in length, slender, glabrous. Capsule broadly tubular, 7-9.5 mm long. Seeds 2.5-3 mm long, reniform, rugose-tuberculate, brownish-yellow. *Fl. Per*.: June-July. Type: Kashmir in Valle Hangarang et Spiti, Rici, Yurpo etc., alt. 3700 m, * Jacquemont*. Distribution: Karakorams, S. Tibet, China (Kashgar and Yarkand). A plant of high dry stony areas from 2590-4800 m. Regards, Giby On 31 October 2011 22:01, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
