Yes Garg ji. 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, May 11, 2016 at 12:33 PM, JM Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > *Cynara* *cardunculus* L. *subsp.* *flavescens* Wiklund as per *another > thread* > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/kNKGn_B2NZ4> by > Singh ji > > On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 1:19:54 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> *Cynara cardunculus* L., Sp. Pl. 827, 1753 subsp. cardunculus >> Syn: *Carduus* *cardunculus* (L.) Baill.; *Cynara sylvestris* Lam.; >> Cynara scolymus L. >> >> Common names: Artichoke thistle, cardoon, cardone, cardoni, artichoke >> >> A tall plant often reaching 2 m in height with fleshy tap root; leaves >> once to twice pinnately lobed or almost compound, with oblong to >> lanceolate, entire or toothed lobes, with or without spiny tips, usually >> white-tomentose; heads up to 15 cm across, bluish-purple; involucre bracts >> usually spine tipped or without spine (globe artichoke); style exserted. >> >> Leaf rachis and stems are edible whereas in Globe artichoke flesh >> involucre bracts are used as food. >> >> Photographed from Hazuribagh garden (now Iqbal Garden) in Srinagar, >> Kashmir >> >> IT MUST BE MENTIONED THAT PLANT DISPLAYED AT FOI IS NOT CARDOON AT ALL. >> THE HEADS ARE REDDISH< MUCH SMALLER AND BRACTS DIFFERENT> IT MAY BE A >> SPECIES OF CARDUUS THISTLE. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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://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 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.

