Dear All, It looks like *Ajuga parviflora Benth.* and this is very common species inside Pine forest (*Pinus roxburghii*). It is also known as NEELKANTHI, dorsal surface side of leaves have Purplish-blue colour.
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:10 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 27 December 2011 09:08 > Subject: [efloraindia:100852] 27122011GS1 a herb from Chakrata Deovan area > for ID > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Small herb growing along Chakrata Deovan Road, photographed in September > > Leaves mostly basal, spathulate gradually narrowed towards petiole, up to > 4 cm long, covered with soft woolly hairs > Flowers on short erect inflorescence, in axils of reduced floral leaves > Flowers small, bearly 4 mm long, white unopened > Habit suggests Ajuga of Lamiaceae but could be some thing else > Please help in ID > > > -- > 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 1900 members & > 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > > > > -- Umeshkumar Tiwari, Research Associate www.medicinalplantsofuttarakhand.in *www. <http://www.planttaxonomy.blogspot.com/>*planttaxonomy.blogspot.com/ Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine No.74/2, Jarakbande Kaval Post: Attur, Via Yelahanka Bangalore - 560 064 +91-9411313351 --
