Hello Friends, >From the leaves it looks like this could be "Garlic mustard" , Alliaria petiolata. the crushed leaves give off a distinct garlic smell.
This plant is a highly invasive weed in NE Usa; and one can also find reports of this invasive in E ghats, Himalayan foothills regards ASinha On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:14 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 18 January 2013 16:19 > Subject: [efloraofindia:144221] Nilgiris: Apiaceae plant for > identification 180113MK02 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > Please help me to identify this herb. I have no detailed pictures on this. > > Date: 20 Oct 2012 > Place: Western Catchement, Nilgiris, TN > Alt.: 2300 m asl > Habitat: roadside; shady place > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & > 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

