Sir I suspected only! As per Flora of India Vol-12 the keys for differentiation is: Peduncle of terminal head conspicuously thickened; pappus scale 5-20 mm long.................*C.endivia* Peduncle of terminal head not or slightly thickened at apex; pappus scale 4-5 mm long ......*.C.intybus* The note in this account states- 'A native of Mediterranean region. Rarely found as weed in cultivated fields. Often cultivated as an ornamenal in some parts of India. Supposed to be a cultivated form of C.intybus, with which it has got strong similarities.'
Contrary to the diagram given in above flora the achene (cypsela) does not have any pappus, rather a rim is present in the specimens I have studied here in Pantnagar. DSRawat Pantnagar On Friday, July 5, 2013 8:47:28 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > I knew *Cichorium endivia* only as cultivated leafy vegetable in > California (uploaded by me separately) but after Rawat ji identified a > plant similar to C. intybus as C. endivia, compelled me to look up on the > net. > C. endivia seems similar to C. intybus but with leaves (floral leaves) > subtending the bracts being much longer and somewhat leafy, and flowers > purple instead of being normally blue. The leaves are also more spiny. I > find this in mine Delhi photographs please validate. > > -- > 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.
