Identification requested to experts. Currently i am working in high altitude plant ecology at Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu, India. i want to identify these four plant species from the above mentioned study area from an elevation upto 3400m above sea level.
The first picture is some Moss plant (Bryophyte)
Picture 2 may be some Scrophulariaceae
Dear Amit Singh
From the structure of the flower in Picture 4, you may try in Family Zygophyllaceae
Picture 2: Cardamine - Brassicaceae
Picture 3. Androsace - Primulaceae
Picture 4. Stellaria - Caryophyllaceae.
Picture 4: I agree with José Luis Fernández-Alonso: is Caryophyllaceae. See also if is possible "Cerastium".
The first picture shows a mixture of different bryophytes. The bigger one belongs to family Polytrichaceae - possibly Pogonatum.
The plant in the fourth photo has 5 styles, which points to Cerastium, rather than to Stellaria.
I agree with Androsace and Cardamine s.lat. (incl. Dentaria).
A is a moss and similar to a Pogonatum species, related to Polytrichum. Check the first genus on Google images. I would think David Long might help with this - try his facebook page....
B looks like a species of Cardamine, a genus of Brassicaceae, extensively studied by Dr Karol Marhold in Bratislava.
C is a mystery to me, maybe an Androace
D a Cerastium relative!
Picture 2 : Cardamine macrophylla (syn. Cardamine polyphylla)
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Toothwort.html
1- Bryophita, Maybe peat bogs of Sphagnum
2- Definitely a brassicaceae
3- Maybe Androsace alpina
4- Definitely a Coryophilaceae, Maybe Stellaria holóstea
Best regards,
Dear Amit Ji
The image you send are
Image - 2 members of Brassicaceae belongs to the genus - Cardamine
Image - 3 = Members of Primulaceae Genus - Androsace
Image - 4 - Members of Caryophyllaceae - Stellaria media.
With regards
Sunit Mitra
Dear Amit Ji,
Image - 2 Brassicaceae (Maybe Cardamine)
Image - 3 Primulaceae
Image - 4 Caryophyllaceae (Stellaria media)
Best Regards.
As to image No 1 : The light bluish green, spreading leaves make me think of the genus Pogonatum, however, mainly based on the moss species in Denmark Pogonatum urnigerum. My suggestion is only to be regarded as a way of entering the identification (which needs further details).
Best wishes, and good luck, Hans
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