potentilla gerardiana from Kashmir - A re-look for P. clarkei

[Gurcharan Singh]

Having uploaded the photographs of Potentilla gerardiana (syn: P. fragarioides) from Kashmir I was had found large stipules of the plant to be unusual. 

Now having seen the specimens uploaded by Ritesh ji from Manali region which I think truly belong to P. gerardiana (syn: P. fragarioides; only species with pinnate leaves (not interruptly pinnate) and larger petals reported by Collet in Fl. Simlensis):

https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/12be1a095cf14cc3

 This leads me to rethink about the identity of my plant from Kashmir and am inclined to identify it with Potentilla clarkei, a species reported from Srinagar in FBI (page 351, S. No. 17).

The species is characterised by "Plant stout, with long spreading hairs, stipules large, leafy, lower leaflets smaller, inflorescence stiff with divaricate branches, bracts forming an involucre, petals yellow, obovate, stamens numerous"  

I am uploading the photographs again for your valuable comments.

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[tanay bose]

thanks for sharing

tanay

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[Gurcharan Singh]

These photographs are already under P. clarkei, so may be deleted here

Rosaceae Week: Potentilla clarkei from Kashmir (google.com) 

[Gurcharan Singh]

These photographs are already under P. clarkei, so may be deleted here and shifted under P. clarkei

Rosaceae Week: Potentilla clarkei from Kashmir (google.com)