Leptorhabdos parviflora from Kashmir

Gurcharan Singh

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Nov 15, 2011, 11:03:14 PM11/15/11

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Leptorhabdos parviflora (Benth.) Benth., ; in DC., Prodr. 10: 510 (1846).

syn: Gerardia parviflora Benth.; Leptorhabdos benthamiana Walp.

Tall erect herb with slender long reddish stems; leaves alternate, sessile, pinnatisect with linear segments; flowers pale pink, 5-6 mm across, in long glandular racemes; calyx 5-toothed; corolla tube short, limb spreading; stamens 4 in unequal pairs; capsule oblong, flattened, enclosed in calyx.

Photographed from open hill slopes above Cheshmashahi and Dachhigam, Kashmir

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Balkar Singh

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Nov 16, 2011, 12:24:11 AM11/16/11

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Thanks for sharing Sir new for me

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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Ushadi micromini

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Nov 16, 2011, 7:13:26 AM11/16/11

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Gurcharanji:
1: A new species for me too.
2: very nice photography... set...
3: I want to start a new thread and give url to complete set of
photographs of a species example...
in which this is going in first...
I will keep updating that thread as time goes on....

Thank you...

Usha di
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prasad dash

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Nov 18, 2011, 1:23:49 AM11/18/11

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Superb set of pictures sir ji, especially the close up of flower is the rare beauty among all.

regards

prasad

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Prasad Kumar Dash
Ecologist, Orissa, India
email: prasad....@gmail.com
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