Thank you Ushadi for such a detailed description. I will get to the plant tomorrow and check for the details you suggested. Regards, Ashwini
On 10-Dec-2014, at 6:10 am, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like the prickly lettuce > > Lactula sp > > has milky sap that sticky > > if lactula: > differentials include L. serriola and L. canadensis > > close ups of the basal leaves, flattened > stem if prickly or not > and diameter of the flower after they open > > and the full plant in profile > > would help you differentiate lactulas > > ==== > if not lactula... best way to know is to see if the stem is hollow or not > Dandelions have hollow stems, as do the sonchus > sonchus sow thistle also have yellow flowers on branched stem , but the stem > is hollow. > Lactula does not.. > === > if neither of these features > then > autumn hawkbit... > an eastern european weed > smooth basal leaves in description but pictures do not tally with some pic on > the net > ==== > > difficulty arises with autumn when leaves start curling up > some leaves and stem ...go red > junk accumulates... > > most descriptions are for "weed"s growing in fields or grassy lands > > you have mountainous rocky terrain... may make for biological differences.. > and a large tourist and immigrant population, gods only knows what they > knowingly or unknowingly in their luggage, shoes etc carried in to > Dharamshala over the decades.. > > if not them, then the caravans.. > > but a careful following of a key would help... > better than jumping to a conclusion... > > heres a key to this difficulty... > read it then take more pictures... of several plants > > > http://www.wildlifebcn.org/sites/bcnp.live.wt.precedenthost.co.uk/files/files/yellow%20composites%20key_po%20v2_1.pdf > > > > good luck > > usha di > > if someone from an indian univeristy has studied this group they would know > it in a jiffy.. and can tell us why they think what they say it is... that > would make it simpler... but I did not find any names... but that's not here > nor there. Somebody in our membership will know the plant or a professor who > knows.. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> > wrote: > This one was growing next to the Flax on the wall. It's leaves are > characteristic. If I am not mistaken it has a yellow dandelion like flower. > Please advise. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <IMG_1564_09Dec14.jpg><IMG_1566_09Dec14.jpg><IMG_1567_09Dec14.jpg> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > -- > Usha di > =========== -- 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/d/optout.
