Dear friends, Above posted plant is been identified as *Echinops sphaerocephalus* L. by Nitnem Singh ji, Surendra Singh ji and Gurcharan ji at facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/?multi_permalinks=2795013973873257> . To me, it looks like Maharashtra flora does not have this species listed.
I went through eFI's *Echinops echinatus* page. While most of the images showed flower heads with spines projecting beyond flowers, those in following posts do not show so: 1. Narendra Joshi ji's post <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/NyqzWB44qGY/k2uqUXdr7gMJ> - Satara 2. Prashant's post <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/cQVvUVhGWWI/q6qNJpMu6W8J> - Raigad, Pune 3. Pravin Kawale ji's post <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/Viz3vp5IliM/pCpb8OamlRAJ> - Rajgad,Pune 4. Alka Khare ji's post <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/9wJhostgrrk/mVCFLGrVDQAJ> - Saputara Please validate the above posts for the species *echinatus* OR *sphaerocephalus*. I wish many validating comments are put here. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 10:30 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > [image: Pateshwar] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7988059707%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFPHp1HqxKfzCmy4gCoF_TL7oP_vg> > Pateshwar ... Satara > *Date*: September 21, 2014 ... *Altitude*: about 2700 - 3300 ft asl > ------------------------------ > *Echinops* ¿ *sphaerocephalus* ? > Dear friends, > This plant standing just about 50 cms or so, found growing on steep slope > of hill, covered with semi-evergreen forest, with newly formed > flower-heads, which I was assuming to be *E. echinatus*, is being > identified as *E. sphaerocephalus* as there are no signs of spines on the > flower head. > > I think the flower head is yet very immature to show spines. Please help > with your thoughts. > > [image: Echinops echinatus Roxb.] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F15137197877%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGx5DrvO3xH1xDBXNxdfnwtuedImg> > > [image: Katechendu (Marathi: काटेचेंडू)] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F15137047268%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEcpktKxTVc_xrI4V_X9XvQ4LGpmg> > > [image: Untkatara (Hindi: ऊंटकटारा)] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F15137208747%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFL59sM525qyfiucETvKSuHeyVxGQ> > > Regards. > Dinesh > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2Vszq%2BioRO8KrVu7R9LBUk9TXXq%3DTP8guZ9PAkGT2qFw%40mail.gmail.com.
