Finally convinced as Blumea, my other plant is Conyza japonica. 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 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID > There are two plants and one name. One as Blumea mollis uploaded at FOI, > and my 17042011GS1 which look similar and links cited below. The other is > this plant which Dr. Amit is sure is B. mollis. Obviously they are two > different species. Which one is which?Earlier feedback > > Amit ji........................................................I think its > Blumea mollis > Singh ji...........................................................If this > is Blumea mollis, then the other plant I uploaded as 17042011GS1 uploaded > on 18-4-2011 should be something else; Blumea mollis, I think has much > larger ovate-oblong leaves 5-12 cm long and up to 6 cm broad, where as this > plant has not longer than 4 cm leaves; also here leaves are sessile, > whereas they are petiolate in B. mollis. More so florets are tinged purple > in mollis, not here. > > Amit ji........................................................I have > collected lot of specimens of B. mollis for essential oil extraction and > the major difference I found in B. mollis that whole plant is aromatic > while the other closely allied species B. lacera only the heads are > aromatic. One other thing in the photograph the heads definitely are not in > full bloom and ofcourse not yellow (by seeing the photograph) to me they > appear slightly white with tinge of purple so I will go with B. mollis > Singh > ji.....................................................................The > leaves of B. mollis look much different from my plant > > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Soft%20Blumea.html > > http://www.hkwildlife.net/viewthread.php?tid=42022 > > I seem to be still undecided about this plant > Amit ji................................................................I > have confirmed it from Botanical Survey of India (Dehradun) herbarium and > all the specimen lying there were similar to the photos attached by you and > the plants i have collected. > Singh > ji.....................................................................Perhaps > we should wait in light of link of FOI and my other link sent earlier for > B. mollis, > > *From me*: > Which *Blumea* *mollis* > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-36432> we are talikng about > out the following two ( > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Blumea+mollis) > *Blumea* *mollis* DC. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-36432> > [Illegitimate] Unresolved [image: L] TICA > <http://www.theplantlist.org/about/#gcc> > *Blumea* *mollis* (D.Don) Merr. > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-83537> Synonym [image: M] TICA > <http://www.theplantlist.org/about/#gcc> > > -- > 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/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:40 AM > Subject: 17042011GS1 a composite from Morni hills for ID > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > 17042011GS1 a composite from Morni hills for ID > The plant is very common on hill slopes, road sides and along banks of > Tikkar Tal Lake in Morni hills, Haryana, alt 700-1200 m. The plant up to 50 > cm tall, has numerous side branches, densely covered with long villous > hairs; leaves oblanceolate, up to 6 cm long, up to 1 cm broad with crenate > margns; heads several in clusters, on elongated axis later on, about 6-8 mm > across, greenish-yellow in colour. > > -- > 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.
