Sonchus asper 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 Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
