Koenigia nummularifolia (Meisn.) Mesicek & Sojak in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8(1): 110. 1973 (Syn: Polygonum nummularifolium Meisn. in DC.);
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Himalaya to China (Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
. Polygonaceae Fortnight: Koenigia islandica L. ?? en-route Hemkund Sahib.-PKA26: : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4).
Seen this tiny beauty en-route Hemkund Sahib.
This was looking more like a creeping herb found to be spreading on a wet- moss covered rock.
Flowers were not fully open. Flowers were tiny and in cluster. Stem reddish, leaf margin bit hairy. Date/Time: 09-08-2012 / 11:50AM Bot. name: Koenigia islandica L. ??
Family: Polygonaceae Thanks for this interesting Upload …! VOF Week: Creeping herb for ID — enroute Hemkund Sahib: Looks like any Polygonum….. Polygonum recumbens I think While going thru “eflora of Pakistan” i had come across this link (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242100119) about Polygonum cognatum subsp. chitralicum . Requesting you to kindly have a look at this. I think Koenigia islandica L. |