Dalhousie September i.d. al200911a

[Alok Mahendroo]

Dear friends,

This beautiful flower is also in season now

Location Dalhousie, Chamba
Altitude 2100 mts
Habit Herb
Habitat wild
Plant height 12 inches
Season September

regards
Alok
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Himalayan Village Education Trust
Village Khudgot,
P.O. Dalhousie
District Chamba
H.P. 176304, India

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[shrikant ingalhalikar]

Stellaria decumbens, Regards, Shrikant

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[Alok]

Thank you Shrikant ji,
will definitely look at the stems more carefully the next time I see
this..
regards
Alok

On Sep 29, 9:05 pm, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com>
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> Stellaria decumbens, Regards, Shrikant
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> On Sep 29, 8:20 pm, Alok Mahendroo <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Dear friends,
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> > This beautiful flower is also in season now
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> > Location Dalhousie, Chamba
> > Altitude 2100 mts
> > Habit Herb
> > Habitat wild
> > Plant height 12 inches
> > Season September
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> > regards
> > Alok
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> > Himalayan Village Education Trust
> > Village Khudgot,
> > P.O. Dalhousie
> > District Chamba
> > H.P. 176304, India
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> >www.hivetrust.wordpress.comwww.forwildlife.wordpress.comhttp://mushro......
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> >  092311_3913.jpg
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Alok ji

Can you please indicate the size of leaves. To me they appear much larger than ones expected for S. decumbens. Also can you bring out number of styles clearly.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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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/

[Alok Mahendroo]

Sir,
Leaf length 10 cm and width 4 cm... unfortunately could not get the
flowers.. some grasscutter had been at work... :(
regards
Alok

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[Gurcharan Singh]

So my fears were true,  it can't be Stellaria decumbens which does not have more than 1 cm long leaves

http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242000877

http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242000877

Let us explore further. you may enlarge flowers in original photograph to see number of styles.

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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/ 

[Alok Mahendroo]

The best close-up I could manage sir...
regards
Alok

On Fri, 2011-09-30 at 21:12 +0530, Gurcharan Singh wrote:
> So my fears were true, it can't be Stellaria decumbens which does not
> have more than 1 cm long leaves

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes they are three

Stellaria monosperma Buch. -Ham. ex D. Don (syn: Stellaria crispata Wall. ex Edgew. & Hook. f.)

-- 
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/ 

[Alok Mahendroo]

Thank you sir for taking such care for the correct i.d.
Regards
Alok