Sonchus asper ? On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
