This plant was photographed from Pathankot, earlier identified as S. chrysotrichum (as most specimens identified as S. hispidum, have been corrected as S. hispidum in several Floras. Till we find crucial differences between the two. I stand with this statement of mine given on plant uploaded by Santhan ji.
"Perhaps it is more crucial to know differences between S. chrysotrichum and S. hispidum (now known as S. asperoplanatum, since Flora of Tamil Nadu records former (as updated on out website) whereas Flora of China, most of our plants being common with them records former."
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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