Very beautiful pictures sir..thanks for sharing..
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Cynara cardunculus* L., Sp. Pl. 827, 1753 subsp. cardunculus > Syn: *Carduus* *cardunculus* (L.) Baill.; *Cynara sylvestris* Lam.; > Cynara scolymus L. > > Common names: Artichoke thistle, cardoon, cardone, cardoni, artichoke > > A tall plant often reaching 2 m in height with fleshy tap root; leaves > once to twice pinnately lobed or almost compound, with oblong to > lanceolate, entire or toothed lobes, with or without spiny tips, usually > white-tomentose; heads up to 15 cm across, bluish-purple; involucre bracts > usually spine tipped or without spine (globe artichoke); style exserted. > > Leaf rachis and stems are edible whereas in Globe artichoke flesh > involucre bracts are used as food. > > Photographed from Hazuribagh garden (now Iqbal Garden) in Srinagar, Kashmir > > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
