Thanks for sharing Gurcharan ji. New to me; very nice photos. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Alternanthera bettzickiana* (Regel) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 59 > 1884. > syn: *Telanthera bettzichiana* Regel; *Alternanthera amoena* (lem) Voss > > Common names: Calico-plant > > Perennial herb with creeping or erect stems; leaves green or red, > sometimes tinged yellow, elliptic, oblong-ovate to spatulate, up to 4 cm > long, somewhat undulate; petiole up to 4 mm long; flowers in sessile > axillary or terminal ovoid or globose heads; bracts and bracteoles up to 3 > mm long, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate; tepals white, unequal, with > excurrent midnerve, hairy outside; stamens 5; pseudostaminodes as long as > stamens, 3-5 parted at apex. > > Photographed from Delhi > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > --- > 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. > > > -- --- 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.
