Dear Muthu , I also hope this plant is ** *Pluchea lanceolata* (DC.) C. B. Clarke, Composit. Ind. 94. 1876; Oliver & Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 329. 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 272. 1881; R. R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 768. 1972; Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 145: 8. 1980; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. Ind. 13: 155. 1995. (Fig. 25, A-F).
An undershrub, up to 1.5 m tall, branches hoary, terete obscurely striate. Leaves sessile, 1-7 x 0.3-2 cm, oblong-oblanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous, pubescent on both surfaces, margin entire or serrulate, obscurely dentate at the apex, strongly nerved, minutely pubescent on both surfaces. Capitula ovoid or campanulate, 3-5 mm in diameter, arranged in compound terminal corymbs; phyllaries 2-3 seriate, outer ones purple tinged at the apex, broadly, obovate, obtuse, entire, pubescent, 2.5-3.5 mm long, silky pubescent, inner linear entire, 4-6 mm long. Florets pink, outer female florets many, filiform, disc florets tubular, few, 4-18, bisexual but functionally male. Anthers caudate. Cypselas small, white, linear, glabrous; pappus setae 20-26, distinctly connate at base. Regards Tanay On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Satish Chile <[email protected]> wrote: > Muthu ji > May be Pluchea lanceolata > > Satish Chile > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ... faintly *Pluchea* species ... a guess. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> Please help to identify this Asteraceae member. I have seen this in a dry >>> scrub forest at an altitude of 1000 - 1100 msl. I could not take good >>> photographs of it. >>> >>> *Date/Time-* >>> >>> 24-02-2010 / 04:00 PM >>> >>> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-* >>> >>> Satyamangalam; 1000 msl; TN >>> >>> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* >>> >>> rocky dry location >>> >>> *Plant Habit-* >>> >>> tall shrub; >>> >>> *Height/Length-* >>> >>> Up to 2.5metre >>> >>> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* >>> >>> Leaves elliptic-obovate; up to 6cm long, little scabrous >>> >>> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* >>> >>> pale violet colored; Terminal heads of umbel; 5-8cm long >>> >>> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* >>> >>> >>> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * >>> >>> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Junior Research Fellow >>> Care Earth Trust >>> Chennai - 61 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Dr. Satish Kumar Chile > > -- > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- 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.
