Dimorphotheca pluvialis only. The annual erect habit, sinuate-dentate leaves are distinctive enough. It is commonly grown as potted annual plant. Disc florets often get tipped with purple.
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 Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:57 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it may be Dimorphotheca ecklonis as per > http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/dimorphecklon.htm & > http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/dimorthothecapluvialis.htm > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 7 May 2013 at 19:10 > Subject: [efloraofindia:154233] Asteraceae Fortnight Part 1-Radiate Heads: > Dimorphotheca pluviatis or Osteospermum ecklonis?? from Delhi-GS55 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > This plant grown as ornamental in Delhi, a tall erect herb up to 50 cm > tall with white ray florets purple beneath, I had thought to be > Osteospermum ecklonis, till I found real O. ecklonis in California with low > shrubby habit, smaller and broader leaves and azure-blue disc. Typical > Dimorphotheca pluvialis has broader yellow disc, whereas the above plant > has narrower blue disc. > Please give your opinion about its identity. > > -- > 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?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
