Thanks Saurabh, Ken, Gargji, Dinesh Valke, Tabish- not just for helping in identifying the flower, but also for a very envigorating discussion. Additional information: http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Convolvulus_arvensis_page.html Janaki Turaga
On 3/23/09, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think Dinesh has put it correctly: > 1. Photo posted by Janaki is Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) > 2. Photos posted by Garg ji are NOT Field Bindweed - most likely they > are of Ipomoea marginata > Although the leaves look very similar, the flower shape of the two is > different, if viewed from the side. I. marginata has funnel shaped > flowers with long, narrow "neck" of the funnel. Field Bindweed flowers > are more like cones, with almost no narrow tube above the sepals. > Also, the pink-white striping is typical in some forms of Field > Bindweed, although there are pure white forms also. > Best wishes > - Tabish > > On Mar 23, 9:35 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... yes, Garg ji ... that's what I believe ... not being adamant about > it, > > however :) > > I would want at least some friend(s) to validate that there is indeed > > difference in flowers (of Janaki ji's and Garg ji's) > > and of course best if someone also considers the plant in your photo > > to be *Ipomoea > > marginata* (syn. *Ipomoea sepiaria*, *Convolvulus marginatus*). > > > > I see your flowers matching what I have athttp:// > www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314...@n00&q=Ipomoea+marginata&m=text > > > > Here is the fine and bold print: *I may be wrong*. > > > > Regards. > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:45 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, Dinesh ji, > > > Do you mean to say that my attached pictures are not of *C. arvensis?* > > > > > 2009/3/23 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > > > > APOLOGIES !!! (Ken ji, Garg ji, and to all) > > >> Photo posted by Janaki ji could be *C. arvensis* just as Ken ji and > Garg > > >> ji pointed out. > > > > >> I mistook the photo attachments in Garg ji's post to be of Janaki > ji's. > > >> My earlier posted message in this thread referred to Garg ji's > attached > > >> photos ... I see them as different flowers. > > > > >> Regards. > > > > >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >>> Greetings all-- > > > > >>> I am by no means an expert in this family, and I am not familiar > with > > >>> the technical differences between the species discussed. > > > > >>> My chief experience with Convovulus arvanesis is as an extremely > > >>> pernicious weed in Southern California (USA). It is perhaps the most > > >>> difficult to control of landscape weeds there, particularly in > groundcover > > >>> beds. It develops a strongly-branched root system and is very > resistant to > > >>> most commercially-available herbicides. As such, I cannot recommend > it as a > > >>> landscape plant; enjoy it from a distance! > > > > >>> Regards-- > > >>> Ken Greby. > > > > >>> --- On *Mon, 3/23/09, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > > >>> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > >>> Subject: [indiantreepix:9577] Re: WhitePinkishWildflower > > >>> To: "Saurabh Sawant" <[email protected]> > > >>> Cc: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, "JANAKI TURAGA" < > > >>> [email protected]>, [email protected], "treepix > > >>> Indian" <[email protected]> > > >>> Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 1:11 AM > > > > >>> ... now there is some confusion in my mind ... I have come to > believe *Ipomoea > > >>> marginata* to be what I have here: > > >>> > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314...@n00&q=Ipomoea+marginata&m=text > > > > >>> ... and it would lead me to think like Saurabh ji > > >>> ... UNLESS > > >>> 1) what I have been considering as *I. marginata* is supposed to be > *C. > > >>> arvensis* > > >>> 2) *I. marginata* and *C. arvensis *are very similar and easily > > >>> confused. > > > > >>> The distribution of *C. arvensis *put at NPGS / GRIN, especially > where > > >>> it is native to, are countries in temperate regions. > > >>> Image results that show hastate leaves of *C. arvensis* seem to > > >>> have a kind of bulge in the centre before narrowing to apex. > > > > >>> What I see as *I. marginata*, have its young leaves hastate and the > > >>> older ones cordate. > > > > >>> I am eager to know where the confusion is. > > > > >>> Regards. > > > > >>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Saurabh Sawant < > > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>>> This is **Convolvulaceae. Ipomoea marginata and Convolvulus > marginatus > > >>>> are same. And I still think this is Convolvulus marginatus. > > > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Saurabh > > > > >>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:27 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >>>>> Hi, Janaki ji, > > >>>>> I agree with Ken ji. > > >>>>> I think it's Field Bindweed (*Convolvulus arvensis*). Attached my > > >>>>> pictures here. > > >>>>> See from earlier post on it from Indiantreepix Database: > > >>>>> *Convolvulus arvensis* *Convolvulaceae* *Field Bindweed* On > > >>>>> 20/7/08 around agricultural fields at Agriculture University in > Hyderabad, > > >>>>> AP. > > >>>>> Convolvulus arvensis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolvulus_arvensis> Ipomoea > > >>>>> convolvulata - indiantreepix | Google Groups< > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/01b...> > > > > >>>>> 2009/3/22 Saurabh Sawant <[email protected]> > > > > >>>>>> **Ipomoea marginata > > > > >>>>>> Regards, > > >>>>>> Saurabh > > > > >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM, JANAKI TURAGA < > > >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>>>>>> Hi all, > > >>>>>>> Would appreciate if someone can identify this lovely vine. > > >>>>>>> This delicate vine was trailing along the ground and climbing up > some > > >>>>>>> low shrubs in a wasteland near wheat fields. > > >>>>>>> Its funnel shaped flowers were white and pinkish in colour. > > >>>>>>> Lovely flowers! > > >>>>>>> Thanks > > >>>>>>> Janaki Turaga > > > > >>>>>> -- > > >>>>>> Regards, > > >>>>>> Saurabh Sawant > > >>>>>> _ > > >>>>>> "The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground." > > > > >>>>>> Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > > >>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > >>>>>> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google > > >>>>>> e-group (Indiantreepix) > > >>>>>>http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> Regards, > > >>>>> Saurabh Sawant > > >>>>> _ > > >>>>> "The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground." > > > > > -- > > > With regards, > > > J.M.Garg > > > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > > > > > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google > e-group > > > (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. 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