*Chaetoseris hastata* (Wall. ex DC.) C.Shih, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 29(5): 404 (1991) syn: *Lactuca hastata* Wall. ex DC.; *Cicerbita* *cyanea* var. *hastata* (Wall. ex DC.) Beauverd
Tall perennial herb up to 2 m tall glabrescent below, glandular pubescent above especially in the inflorescence; leaves up to 30 cm long, petiole somewhat winged, blade pinnatifid with large terminal lobe, upper progressively smaller; heads bhluish-purple, 18-22 mm long, in panicles, on nodding peduncles; outer involucre bracts about half as long as inner ones, bristly hairy; florets 10-30; achenes elliptic or obovate, 6 mm long (including beak), with beak white as long as dark brown body; pappus 5-6 mm long, dirty white. The plant looks similar in appearance to Prenanthes brunoniana but latter has only 3-5 florets in the head and achenes are not beaked. Common in Chakrata area growing among shrubs. Photographed in September. -- 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.
