SK118SEP29-2016:ID

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members,

Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Nubra Valley on 21 August 2016.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Nidhan Singh]

Likely to be Vicia sp.



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Dr. Nidhan Singh

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Department of Botany
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[chrischa...@btinternet.com]

I agree that this seems to be a Vicia.  Two species are recorded for Ladakh: V.sativa and V.tenuifolia.  Both are described as field weeds, only recorded to modest altitudes in Ladakh. V.sativa found from the plains right up to Ladakh. The images do not fit W.tenuifolia.  That leaves Vicia sativa, known as 'Common Vetch' in the UK.  World-wide this is a variable species, with subspecies recognised (do not know which one is understood to be found to grow in Ladakh).  Seems to match satisfactorily to me but welcome other suggestions.  When photographing Vicia and related genera, close up images of the stipules are most useful - these are found at the base of the leaf-stalks; in V.sativa (at lest the variants in the UK, are half-arrow-shaped, toothed or entire, often with a dark blotch.  The stipules cannot been seen in these images from Nubra.

[J.M. Garg]

Are you not satisfied with id? 

On 18-Feb-2018 10:51 PM, "Saroj Kasaju" <kasaj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Any further opinions ?

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 9:31 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

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