Caryophyllaceae Week :: DV :: 31 JUL 12 - 1240 :: Stellaria-like flowered plant at Auli

[Dinesh Valke]

Caryophyllaceae Week pink OR carnation family Stellaria-like flowered plant

Dear friends, ID please. Habit: ... small erect herb, guessing it to be about 30 - 40 cm high; cannot recollect nor can understand from photos about the nature of leaves and stem; flower about 8 - 10 mm across Habitat: ... sloping alpine meadow Altitude: ... about 8750 - 9000 ft asl

at Auli on 31 JUL 12 (view original-sized photo) (view original-sized photo)

Regards. Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

I hope Stellaria graminea

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Gurcharan ji for this probable ID.
Regards.
Dinesh

[JM Garg]

I think matches with Stellaria semivestita as per POWO specimen and GBIF specimen

Look different from Stellaria graminea as per POWO specimen one and two and GBIF specimens from India- one.

[J.M. Garg]

Still better option is Stellaria patens D. Don as per GBIF- specimens from Nepal– one, two, three, four.

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Garg ji.

Regards.

Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

However, sepals look shorter as per description in Flora of China. 

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

I think matches with Stellaria semivestita as per POWO specimen and GBIF specimen

Look different from Stellaria graminea as per POWO specimen one and two and GBIF specimens from India- one. - from me

Still better option is Stellaria patens D. Don as per GBIF- specimens from Nepal– one, two, three, four.- from me

However, sepals look shorter as per description in Flora of China.- from me

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[Sunit Singh]

agree with  Stellaria semivestita

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Sunit Singh

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04/22/22, 12:51:43 PM

[J.M. Garg]

However, sepals look shorter as per description in Flora of China

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[Sunit Singh]

Noted. 

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04/22/22, 07:00:15 PM

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Sunit ji,

Can you post keys of species found in Uttarakhand with elevation details, if any?

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[Sunit Singh]

okay sir, collecting...

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04/28/22, 08:48:26 PM

[Sunit Singh]

Key related to Srtellaria species with respect to altitude also.

1a.    Sepals 4; styles 2; capsules dehiscing by 4 teeth.......   2. S. himalayensis  2600-3000m amsl

1b.   Sepals 5; styles 3; capsules dehiscing by 6, 8 or 10 teeth………….  2                                                     

 

2a.    Flowers in the terminal, umbellate or sub-umbellate cymes…….6. S. subumbellata 3200—4200

2b.   Flower(s) solitary or in axillary or terminal, dichasial cymes…… 3                                                      

 

3a.  Leaves more than 2.5 cm long (2.5—10 cm long) ...................... 4

3b.   Leaves less than 2.5 cm long.....................................5

  

4a   Leaves sessile; sepals 5—6 mm long; petals conspicuous, as    long as sepal;

seeds more than 2 mm long, truncate to notched........... 4. S.  monosperma  2600-3700

4b   Leaves petioled; sepals 3—4 mm long; petal minute, half as long as sepal; seeds less than 2 mm long, beaked……. 5. S. paniculata 2800—3800

 

5a. Capsules longer than calyx; leaves orbicular-ovate to ovate-elliptic………… 3. S. media    2600—3000 

5b. Capsules as long as or shorter than calyx; leaves linear, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate…  6

 

6 a.    Densely tufted, mat- or cushion-forming, perennial herb...........  1. S. decumbens 3400—3800 m

6b.  Decumbent or ascending, weak annual herb........................ 7.S. uliginosa

 

 

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Sunit Singh

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05/03/22, 01:00:30 PM

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Sunit ji,

Closest I can go as per these keys is Stellaria alsine (syn. S.uliginosa).

But looks somewhat different from images at GBIF and efi.

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[Sunit Singh]

Ok, thanks. 

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Sunit Singh

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05/13/22, 08:21:32 PM