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Published In: Prodromus Florae Nepalensis 87. 1825. (Prodr. Fl. Nepal.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 5/10/2022)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 7/9/2018)
Contributor Text: R.R. Mill
Contributor Institution: Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: July to September.
Type: Type: [C. NEPAL?] Habitat in Nepalia, Wallich – Cf. Hara in Hara, Chater & Williams, Enum. Fl. Pls. Nepal 3: 118. 1982; the only specimen in Hb. Wallich at Kew, Wallich Cat. no. 3912, is from Kumaon, India). 
Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir, N.W. India (Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet. Also recorded from China (Yunnan: Szemao, A. Henry s.n. (PH), A. Henry 11620 (NY) but the record needs confirmation as Liu (Brittonia 8: 37. 1954) stated that the specimens on which it was based lacked stolons.

Growing on grassy hill slopes and in forest clearings, on damp soil, 2400-3050 m (descending to 1260 m in Bhutan). The above description, except for the fruit and seeds, is based on the two specimens seen from Pakistan. These are less densely hairy, and have shorter bracts, than material seen from elsewhere. In some specimens from India the basal leaves are distinctly lobed at the base; such lateral lobes have not been seen in Pakistan material. The species appears to propagate primarily vegetatively by means of the aerial stolons; mature fruits appear to be formed only rarely, capsules usually being not formed at all or, if formed, containing no seeds. The fruit and seeds are described from a small number of Indian specimens.

Map Location: B-7 Hazara: Gurkha Camp, Thandiani, 8000 ft., 5.7.1956, R.R.Stewart 27780 (KUH); C-8 Kashmir: Mantnar Nullah, Bringhi Valley, 10000 ft., 3.9.1940, Ludlow & Sherriff 8048 (E).

 

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Perennial with arching aerial stolons and few decumbent to suberect stems 5-11 cm. Stems sparingly eglandular-pubescent. Leaves with distinct petioles 10-20 mm; lamina obovate to ovate, 20-30 x 10-25 mm, obtuse or shortly cuneate at base, rounded at apex, margin with 5-7 ± distinct but shallow crenations per side, scarcely to distinctly lobed at base, very sparingly but evenly covered with eglandular hairs and sessile glands, and with sparse eglandular hairs on veins. Inflorescence 3-6-flowered, subsecund. Bracts 2-4 mm, linear. Pedicels 4-8 mm in flower, 9-10 mm in fruit, sparingly hairy. Calyx infundibular-campanulate, 6-6.5 mm in flower, c. 8 mm in fruit; tube 2.7-3 mm in flower, 4-4.5 mm in fruit; lobes 2.5-3 mm, suberect, scarcely accrescent in fruit and remaining ± erect, subglabrous (especially after flowering) apart from a few sessile glands on lobes and scattered hairs on veins. Corolla c. 14 mm, glabrous; upper lip purple, lower lip white. Anthers orange. Capsule ovoid to subglobose, 4-4.5 x 3 mm. Seeds lenticular, 0.3-0.4 x 0.15-0.2 mm, light brown, with a tiny projection at each end. 

 
 
 
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