Nice Set of Pics Sir On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Thanks Tabish ji for alerting me for my upload of G. pusillum which > finally turned out be Geranium molle > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Geranium$20pusillum/indiantreepix/b3P7qw6_5Cg/_QBb4S0x7wcJ > > > Geranium pusillum is much more common species in Kashmir, but having > clicked similar species in June in 2010 (which grows in Kashmir, but never > seen by me before), confused me. > Having visited Kashmir in May this year I was able to click G. pusillum > this year. I am uploading the same. The two closely related species can be > separated as under: > > *Geranium molle:* petals deeply notched, 3-8 mm long, longer than sepals; > leaf lobes closer together; carpels wrinkled; filaments glabrous in upper > part > *Geranium pusillum: *petals shallowly notched, 2.5-3.5 mm long, scarcely > exceeding sepals; leaf lobes diverging from base; carpels smooth; filaments > hairy in upper part > > Another closely similar species G. rotundifolium has petals rounded at > tip, not notched. > > *Geranium pusillum* L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1144. 1759. > > Common name: small-flower crane's-bill > > Spreading annual herb; leaves opposite, suborbicular to reniform, 15-25 mm > across, 5-7 lobed, lobes widely diverging, 3-fid at tip; stipules > lanceolate, 2 mm long; flowers pale purple, 4 mm across, on 2-flowered up > to 3.5 cm long peduncle; sepals 2-3 mm long, shortly mucronate; petals > 2.5-3.5 mm long; fertile stamens single whorl, filaments hairy, outer > without anthers; mericarps not wrinkled, appressed pubescent, beak 7-9 mm > long. > > Photographed from Balgarden, Srinagar, Kashmir in May 2012 > > > -- > 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
