Valeriana himalayana Grubov, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 19: 344 1959. (syn: Valeriana dioica C.B. Clarke; Valeriana pusilla Royle);
Thank you very much ... for getting us to see the basal leaves. Referring to ... comment in my post at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/23Ygi-S8t5s/2tUFia2UQoAJ ... basal leaves are simple cordate in case of Valeriana jatamansii ... not sure the leaves are cordate here; they seem to have winged stalk. Let us wait for ... comment. Yes ... I had my doubts even before I read your mail. Pink flowers were already worrying me. I would now go with V. himalayana, till better alternative emerges. Thanks a lot ... It does look like Valeriana himalayana. Have a look at this link: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250065556
VoF Week :: DV :: 03 AUG 12 - 1245 :: lilac-coloured flowers along Hemakund - Ghangaria trail: 3 AUG 12 Hemakund - Ghangaria trail ... about 13500 ft Habitat: sloping meadow Habit: small herb, about 50 - 60 cm high; flower about 5 mm across Basal leaves are very important in this genus, but upper three-lobed leaves suggest Valeriana jatamansii. Hope basal leaves are simple and cordate at base. I could not find any photo showing the basal leaves. I am almost convinced of V. jatamansii. Another uncommon family member. Valerianaceae. ... putting a cropped photo, hopefully giving us a picture of basal leaves of the above posted plant. (Had overseen it during earlier digging). It also is in line with ... upload at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/indiantreepix/vgBApujDwOU/yxTF9CHw0ZYJ May be Valeriana pyrolifolia Not pyrolaefolia in which cauline leaves like basal leaves are not lobed, V. himalayana the leaves are narrower and narrowed at base, although cauline leaves are trifid. I think V. jatamansi, as lowermost leaves appear cordate, perhaps another better view of basal leaves should help http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=53995&flora_id=5 I think, it could be Valeriana fedtsehenkoi ??? or himalyana??? ... attached is further cropped version to view the basal leaf alone. Hope it helps. Yes ... Had seen this earlier, but thought the upper cordate base leaf (saw several of them in your original photograph) are basal and this slightly higher leaf. Attaching cropped versions of one of the above photo to show the upper-most and mid-level leaves. The mid-level seem to be lobed kind of the basal leaves. If these are basal and midcauline leaves, then it goes with V. himalayana. Also the single plant habit goes with this species.
upper Chamba id al300811a: 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Looking back as hindsight.. I realise that I should have spent more time photographing better images... except for the fact that I was still in the middle of nowhere and had miles to go before I would sleep.... Location Chamba Altitude 4500 mts Habit herb Habitat wild Plant height 12 inches Valeriana sp Basal and middle leaves need to be seen for species fixation. Sir, these are the best enlargements I can take from the high-res photos... Your experience is not different than many others. The same thing happened with me during my Spiti visit. Most of my group members were interested in watching birds and I used to be the laggard running behind plants. Anyway you are from Himalayan region. You may get time again to observe these plants again and take more photographs. We are enjoying the genera at least. Keep posting. I will go with V. pyrolaefolia Ahhh.. yes sir, I remember your own id keys... "Perhaps it should be understood that all three species V. pyrolaefolia, V.jatamansii and V. hardwickii have simple basal leaves. In V. pyrolaefolia cauline are also simple, in V. jatamansii cauline 3-fid and in Hardwickii cauline 3-7 pinnatipartite" I guess I should revise my lessons more often... Perhaps some more searching. Although basal leaves are not cordate, I see some cauline leaves with basal lobes. So V. jatamansi is also under consideration. Appears more closer to the images at Valeriana himalayana Grubov References: The Plant List (Unresolved) Flora of Pakistan FOP illustration Flowers of India |
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