Thanks for showing these SubHimalayan Rubus species.Beautiful! On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wonderful shot Sir > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> *Rubus niveus* Thunb., Rubo 9, f. 3 9, 1813 >> syn: *Rubus lasiocarpus* Smith; *R. foliosus* D. Don >> >> A large spreading shrub distinguished from other species of Rubus by its >> pinnate compound leaves with usually 5-11 leaflets and pink flowers; stem >> and branches sometimes turning purplish, slightly hairy; leaflets elliptic, >> ovate to ovate-lanceolate, toothed, terminal often larger and lobed, upper >> surface green, lower white hairy; flowers 9-12 mm across in panicles; calyx >> hairy, petals pink slightly shorter to almost as long as calyx lobes; fruit >> initially pink finally maturing to black and glaucous. >> >> Photographed from Nainital in April in flower and Kashmir in July in >> Fruit. >> >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l58lqV6vwV4/T5I2vr-cMpI/AAAAAAAABF8/PWtYZcPyXPc/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Nainital-1-IMG_0883.jpg> >> Rubus-niveus-Nainital-1-IMG_0883 >> >> >> >> >> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UEUsbAClj-M/T5I3Dt5fJkI/AAAAAAAABGI/MxRV_xtK_bY/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Nainital-2-IMG_0882.jpg> >> Rubus-niveus-Nainital-2-IMG_0882 >> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FIpU1GrmjmE/T5I4--qlOxI/AAAAAAAABGg/AGSBQgUTpmY/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Nainital-3-IMG_0881.jpg> >> Rubus-niveus-Nainital-3-IMG_0881 >> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lC9Frg49oVY/T5I5ZeBLq0I/AAAAAAAABGs/6OfMXW97UTs/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-1-DSC05636.jpg> >> >> Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-1-DSC05636 >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZaskM3QWSrQ/T5I6WejGmkI/AAAAAAAABHE/8TzkvGEpJn4/s1600/Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-2-DSC05637.jpg> >> >> Rubus-niveus-Dachhigam-Kashmir-2-DSC05637 >> >> >> Gurcharan Singh >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Dr Satish Phadke
