Phlomis cashmeriana from Kashmir

Gurcharan Singh

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Jun 30, 2011, 3:34:59 AM6/30/11

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Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 382 1833.

syn: Phlomis dichroa Rech.f.

Erect perennial herb Closer to P. bracteosa and P. spectabilis but distinct in its oblong-lanceolate up to 30 cm long leaves with cordate base, densely white woolly beneath; flowers large, pale purple to pink in dense whorls, calyx with long spine-tipped lobes, white woolly; corolla 2.5-3 cm long, upper lip large, hooded, lowers lip darker; bracts awl-shaped.

Photographed from Upper Munda near Jawahar Tunnel in Kashmir on June 20, 2011

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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/

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Satish Phadke

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Jun 30, 2011, 12:26:57 PM6/30/11

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Wow a beautiful Lamiaceae member!

Ushadi micromini

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Jul 1, 2011, 12:00:19 AM7/1/11

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WOW!
Gurucharanji, do you have the whole plant pic?
Usha di
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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 1, 2011, 4:54:57 AM7/1/11

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Here they are, Ushadi ji

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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/