Dear Sir, Pics please..
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > *Xanthium spinosum* L., Sp. pl. 2:987. 1753 > syn: *Xanthium ambrosioides* Hooker & Arnott > > > Common names: Bathurst-bur, prickly burweed, spiny cocklebur > > A South American plant having become invasive in many parts of Old World. > Perhaps a recent introduction in Kashmir, where it has become common along > roadsides and waste places. > > Annual plant, up to 1 m tall, often much branched; nodes with spines in > pairs, simple or 2-3 partite, 1.5-4 cm long; leaves ovate or > ovate-lanceolate, 4-8 cm long, up to 5 cm broad, often 3-7-lobed, shining > green on upper surface, gray or white beneath; heads globose, in racemes, > lower usually pistillate, upper functionally male; burs enclosing cypselae, > prickly, 10-15 mm long. > > Photographed from Balgarden (July) and Harwan (August) in Kashmir. I had > photographed it last year also but then it was in vegetative state. Was > able to get flowers and fruits this year. > > -- > 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. > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
