Dear Gurcharan ji, To me it looks like Dimorphotheca pluvialis. You can check if the underside of the petals (ray florets actually) is mauve in color. By evening the petals fold up and only the mauve part is visible. Best wishes - Tabish
On Mar 31, 1:37 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Sending cultivated annual tentatively identified as Arctotis stoechadifolia > P. J. Berguis., please validate > > *Date/Time-* > > * * > > *30 March2010 10 am* > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-* > > * > * > > *Vikas Puri, New Delhi, 213 m asl* > > *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > * * > > *Garden ornamental grown in beds and borders* > > *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- * > > * * > > *Annual branched herb* > > *Height/Length-* > > * * > > *up to 1 m tall* > > *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > * * > > *Alternate, simple, toothed* > > *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* > > * * > > *Capitulum, radiate head, up to 8 cm across* > > *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > > * * > > *Ray florests white with narrowly elongate ligule, disc violet* > > *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-* > > * * > > * > * > > *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-* > > * > * > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Arctotis-stoechadifolia-Delhi-1.jpg > 429KViewDownload > > Arctotis-stoechadifolia-Delhi-2.jpg > 144KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
