Rawat ji If this is really the key given in Flora of India, it is highly misleading. The pappus scales do occur in Cichorium but they are very minute. In C. intybus they are 1/8 to 1/10 as long as achene according to Bailey Manual....(that goes perfect with Flora of China achene 2-3 mm, pappus 0.2-0.3 mm). In C. endivia they are slightly longer 1/6 to 1/4 of achene length.
MY Delhi plant, now I feel may also be C. intybus and not C. endivia in which plant is totally glabrous with much more softer leaves (having seen the plant in California stores.). The species C. endivia , inspite of variation in cultivars is supposed to be totally glabrous, whereas C. intybus bristly hairy as I find in both my Kashmir and Delhi plants. -- 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/ On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:39 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <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. > > > -- 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.
