Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb3 for Id- JM

J.M. Garg

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Nov 12, 2010, 11:03:06 PM11/12/10

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Wild Herb captured in 2^nd week of August’10 during the trek from Ghangaria to Hemkunt Sahib.
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Herb3 I2 IMG_4906.jpg

Herb3 I IMG_4906.jpg

Pankaj Kumar

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Nov 13, 2010, 12:05:05 AM11/13/10

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Saussurea piptathera ?
Pankaj

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tanay bose

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Nov 13, 2010, 9:34:54 AM11/13/10

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I will not go with Saussurea piptathera because of the fact that this plant has a characteristic black outline around the leaf margin which is missing in Saussurea piptathera

Tanay

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J.M. Garg

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Nov 14, 2010, 10:37:24 AM11/14/10

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Thanks, Pankaj ji & Tanay ji,

Attaching more photos which to me appear of the same plant.

Herb 3B I3 IMG_4126.jpg

Herb 3B I IMG_4126.jpg

Herb 3C I3 IMG_4127.jpg

Herb 3C I IMG_4127.jpg

Tabish

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Nov 14, 2010, 12:08:15 PM11/14/10

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This should be Saussurea piptathera only, as Pankaj says. Saussurea
piptathera is characterized by oblong leaves which are sharply
toothed, hairless above, cottony below, with stem-clasping base.
Flower-heads 1/2 inch across, in a crowded dense corymb.
- Tabish

J.M. Garg

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Nov 16, 2010, 10:59:20 PM11/16/10

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A reply:

"Saussurea piptathera Edgew. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 76, in obs. 1846
Regards
Pankaj"

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