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Pakistan (Swat, Hazara), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), NW-India
(Kumaon), Nepal as per Catalogue of life; .
Common name: Large-Sepal Figwort
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Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (Description & Keys- Scrophularia calycina, edgeworthii, himalayensis (himalensis in the Plant List), polyantha, exserta, obtusa, robusta, petraea, dentata, scoparia, nudata, stewartii, suffruticosa, stenothyrsa, koelzii, scabiosaefolia, moniliformis, decomposita & striata)
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Perennial herb easily distinguished from other species by linear-lanceolate long pointed herbaceous calyx lobes longer than corolla, included stamens, greenish corolla glandular pubescent outside, with upper lobes not longer than lower, long-pointed capsule, ovate-lanceolate cordate, coarsely-toothed sharp pointed leaves and flowers crowded in leaf-less cymes.
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Scrophularia calycina from Kashmir:
VOF Week: Herb with greenish flower along Hemkund Sahib route..: …, perhaps my post at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/jUXurUGugWg/tcYQc86-ZYMJ queries ID of the same plant. Yes, U R right. Open flowers are not seen, but I hope it is Scrophularia calycina. Please see my upload from Kashmir.
Thanks … It does look same.
Scrophularia calycina from Kashmir: Perennial herb easily distinguished from other species by linear-lanceolate long pointed herbaceous calyx lobes longer than corolla, included stamens, greenish corolla glandular pubescent outside, with upper lobes not longer than lower, long-pointed capsule, ovate-lanceolate cordate, coarsely-toothed sharp pointed leaves and flowers crowded in leaf-less cymes.
Photographed from Khillenmarg, Kashmir growing among rocks and shrubs, alt. 3100 m
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VoF Week :: DV :: 03 AUG 12 – 0207 :: large-leaved herb along Hemakund – Ghangaria trail: Habitat: mountain slope I hope Scrophularia calycina as mentioned in … post Thank you very much for the ID, …
Am convinced my plant matches your at the link you provided.
VOF Week: Scrophularia for id from near Hemkunt Sahib: … has identified this as Scrophularia calycina….rightly so… Yes Scrophularia calycina
VoF Week: Scrophularia calycina from Way to Hemkund Sahib: Yes … Nice photographs
Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Scrophularia calycina from VOF- NS 16 : Attachments (6). 3 posts by 2 authors. Yes … Very good photographs.
SCROPHULARIACEAE Fortnight: Scrophularia calycina from Uttarakhand_DSR_14: 1 image. 2 posts by 2 authors. Thanks … for this too.. saw this during VOF trip last year..
Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Scrophularia calycina from Kashmir -GS-36 : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Scrophularia calycina Benth., Scroph. Ind. 18 1835. Perennial herb easily distinguished from other species by linear-lanceolate long pointed herbaceous calyx lobes longer than corolla, included stamens, greenish corolla glandular pubescent outside, with upper lobes not longer than lower, long-pointed capsule, ovate-lanceolate cordate, coarsely-toothed sharp pointed leaves and flowers crowded in leaf-less cymes.
Photographed from Khillenmarg, Kashmir growing among rocks and shrubs, alt. 3100 m
Scrophularia calycina ABJUL2017/08 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7) Scrophularia calycina
Ilaqa and below
3300-3100m
10-11 July 2017 I agree with your id … Very beautiful images….!!
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SMP:: VOF 95:: Plant for ID:: JULY 2026: 2 images.
On the Hemkund route. Scrophularia calycina Benth. . References:
Catalogue of Life POWO The Plant List Ver.1.1 Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal IIIM (Herbarium) Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post India Biodiversity Portal Flowers of India
Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (1943)
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Scrophularia calycina
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