Rosaceae Week: Sibbaldia micropetala from Apharwat mountain, Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Sibbaldia micropetala (D. Don) Hand.-Mazz., Vegetationsbilder, 22(8): 6 6 1932

Syn: Potentilla albifolia Wall. ex Hook. f.; Potentilla micropetala D. Don

Perennial herb with slender stems; leaves pinnate compound with 5-7 leaflets, leaflets ovate, deeply toothed, lateral leaflets gradually decreasing in size towards base of leaf, upper surface pubescent, green, lower white tomentose; flowers yellow 5-6 mm across, on slender axillary stalks; petals oblong shorter than calyx; stamens 5; achenes glabrous.

Photographed from Apharwat mountain slopes in Kashmir on 25 July, 2011

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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/

[Balkar Arya]

Beautiful Sir 

Thanks for showing

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Madhuri Raut]

Very beautiful and informative. Thanks for showing Sir

Regards

Bhagyashri

[Tabish]

Very interesting flower and nicely captured!
- Tabish

On Oct 6, 7:56 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sibbaldia micropetala (D. Don) Hand.-Mazz., Vegetationsbilder, 22(8): 6 6

> 1932*Syn: Potentilla* *albifolia* Wall. ex Hook. f.; *Potentilla* *
> micropetala* D. Don

>
> Perennial herb with slender stems; leaves pinnate compound with 5-7
> leaflets, leaflets ovate, deeply toothed, lateral leaflets gradually
> decreasing in size towards base of leaf, upper surface pubescent, green,
> lower white tomentose; flowers yellow 5-6 mm across, on slender axillary
> stalks; petals oblong shorter than calyx; stamens 5; achenes glabrous.
>
> Photographed from Apharwat mountain slopes in Kashmir on 25 July, 2011
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Tabish ji, Balkar ji and Madhuri ji

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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/