Wild Flower for ID : Kashmir : 121011 : AK-3

Aarti S. Khale

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Oct 12, 2011, 2:20:31 AM10/12/11

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Found on the mountain slope on way to Gulmarg, Kashmir on the 11th Sept,11.

Geranium?

Aarti

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ajinkya gadave

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Oct 12, 2011, 2:22:30 AM10/12/11

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may be oxalis not sure

Prashant awale

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Oct 12, 2011, 2:30:41 AM10/12/11

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Some Geranium sp.

Bhatt Sweta

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Oct 12, 2011, 2:33:30 AM10/12/11

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Aarti ji can it be specified whether the flower belongs to which plant?!

Asking so because 2 different plants can be seen, leaves of one resamble Oxalis and the other might be near to Geranium...

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Shweta

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:52 AM, ajinkya gadave <ajinky...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Balkar Singh

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Oct 12, 2011, 3:12:27 AM10/12/11

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It is Geranium Only

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Bhatt Sweta

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Oct 12, 2011, 3:27:16 AM10/12/11

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Right Balkarji. Was trying to clear my doubts. Thanks.

Regards,

Shweta

Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 12, 2011, 3:48:12 AM10/12/11

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Yes Geranium for sure

Most probably G. wallichianum, but it can be confirmed only from a close up of base of leaf (stipules).

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 12, 2011, 6:01:01 AM10/12/11

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This is indeed a Geranium, most probably, wallichianum.
Pankaj

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Aarti S. Khale

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Oct 12, 2011, 6:19:05 AM10/12/11

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Gurcharan ji,

Adding one more picture although the flower picture isn't very clear....the leaves are seen.

Aarti

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Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 12, 2011, 6:34:52 AM10/12/11

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Yes G. wallichianum for sure.

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Nov 14, 2016, 4:44:29 PM11/14/16

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I shall be inspecting all the Geraniums posted on this site in due course. I am in agreement that this is probably Geranium wallichianum (the foliage fits - though certainly makes it much harder to be sure without close-up images of flowers, foliage & stipules) but those reading this should be aware just how variable this species is in terms of flower colour. Nasir in Geraniaceae (Flora of Pakistan) describes the petals as mauve but this is only a small fraction of the variation. It is very difficult for herbarium taxonomists as in most cases they only have dried, pressed specimens to refer to. Often the colour of dried flowers is different to fresh flowers plus in many cases accompanying field notes are minimal or non-existent, seldom mentioning flower colour. I know of forms which are bluish with white centres, pink, mauve and all sorts in between from the Western Himalaya.

The same applies to colour of filaments and styles (which Nasir says is reddish).

This species can normally be distinguished by its large oblong to oval stipules. It can normally be recognised but many other geraniums present considerable challenges identification-wise. Those interested in other species should read my other posts about Geraniums.

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