Chamba higher reaches - id al110811

[Alok Mahendroo]

Dear friends,
here are some more id's from higher altitudes in Chamba

Location Chamba
Altitude 3000 mts
Habit herb
Habitat wild
Height 3 - 4 inches

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

www.hivetrust.wordpress.com
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http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186

[Gurcharan Singh]

I hope Androsace rotundifolia

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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

wow!!! I love Primulaceae but seems I have never noticed this plant!!!
Thanks for sharing...
Pankaj

On Aug 11, 10:04 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I hope Androsace rotundifolia
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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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

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> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Alok Mahendroo <alokisabe...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Dear friends,
> > here are some more id's from higher altitudes in Chamba
>
> > Location Chamba
> > Altitude 3000 mts
> > Habit herb
> > Habitat wild
> > Height 3 - 4 inches
>
> > regards
> > Alok
> > --
> > Himalayan Village Education Trust
> > Village Khudgot,
> > P.O. Dalhousie
> > District Chamba
> > H.P. 176304, India
>
> >www.hivetrust.wordpress.com
> >www.forwildlife.wordpress.com
>

> >http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new...

[Balkar Arya]

Yes Sir Androsace rotundifolia

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

[Ushadi micromini]

Dear Alok ji:
Wonderful...subject and Picture quality...

since in the short growing season high up, this plant must get quickly
pollinated...
ANY IDEA WHAT flies around to pollinate, so the next generation of
seeds would be available...

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION was there a sizeable colony of these plants
around this one?

Usha di
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On Aug 12, 6:02 am, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes Sir Androsace rotundifolia
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[Alok]

Dear Ushadi,
Thanks to Gurcharan ji for solving my confusion.... actually This
plant is growing all around in Kalatope too at an altitude of 2100 mts
too... the difference in inflorescence and the color of leaves kind of
fazed me...

Actually at the place where I found it (at 3000mts) this was the only
plant of this species I found... so I guess it might have some problem
propagating around there... maybe due to cold or whatever reason...
but as for pollination .. it should not be the problem since there are
a lot of butterflies and bees which I noticed there on the flowers..
And soon you'll see the sample of all the flowers I found at even
higher altitudes (at 14000 feet) :)
regards
Alok

[chrischa...@btinternet.com]

Yes, this looks like what I understand to be Androsace rotundifolia.  Please note this is an exceedingly variable plant with several varieties having been recognised in the past.  Nasir in Primulaceae (Flora of Pakistan) recognised two subspecies: rotundifolia & glandulosa, whilst var. thomsonii he elevated to a separate species (which is found in Ladakh, Baltistan and other parts of N.Pakistan near Tibetan border. 

Stewart found the species to be everywhere in Kashmir from 1500-3000m.  Flowers of the Himalaya say open slopes, very common in W.Himalaya.  Collet found it on rocks & banks at Shimla & Mushobra. 

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Chadwell ji

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