Thanks Tabish ji and Gurcharan ji: Good discussion learned a great deal today... and the minute careful observation of the petal outline... Usha di ========
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes it is Geranium molle only > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> “Gurcharan ji, >> >> Your flower, which was believed to be Geranium pusillum, *should >> actually be Geranium molle* >> Although leaves of the two species are closely similar, the flowers are >> quite distinguishable. Petals of Geranium pusillum are not deeply notched: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium_pusillum >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109470&flora_id=2 >> >> http://luirig.altervista.org/cpm/albums/sturm1/geranium-pusillum-0552.jpg >> Petals of Geranium molle are deeply notched >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium_molle >> >> http://www.floraphoto.com.au/images/Geranium%20molle%201,%20Ophir%20Reserve,%20Orange,%20NSW%20-%20processed%202.jpg >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109469&flora_id=2 >> >> http://www.virtualheb.co.uk/doves-foot-cranesbill-pink-wildflowers-western-isles.html >> It is supposed to be found in NW India (which should include Kashmir) >> Also, many sites on the web do not represent the two species correctly. >> Best wishes >> Tabish” >> >> >> >> >> On 6 August 2010 07:27, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Geranium pusillum Burm.f. from Kashmir, growing on dry slopes at lower >>> altitudes. Photographed from Mohra near Uri in Kashmir on June 24, 2010. >>> >>> Common name: Small-flowered crane'sbill. >>> Used as astringent, anodyne, vulnerary. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > > -- Usha di ===========
