Interesting colours of corolla. Just wondering about the name lanceolata....as the leaves are ovate elliptic rather than lanceolate.
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Codonopsis lanceolata* (Siebold & Zuccarini) Trautvetter, Trudy Imp. > S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada. 6: 46. 1879 > syn: *Glosocomia lanceolata* (Siebold & Zuccarini) Maximowicz. > > Twining glabrous herb with leaves clustered at ends of lateral branches; > leaves ovate-elliptic, 3-10 cm long, entire; flowers nodding; calyx lobes > leaf-like, 2-3 cm long, corolla yellow-green or whitish, 3-4 cm long, > bell-shaped insided with violet lines or spots, lobes revolute, short; disc > green, fleshy; filaments subulate; capsule 2-3 cm across, seeds winged. > > Photographed from Herbal garden below Cheshmashahi, Srinagar, Kashmir. > > Native of China and Japan, often grown as ornamental, used in medicine and > flavouring. > > -- > 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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
