Thanks, Vinay ji. Pl. also post the habit and leaf images. On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 11:05, Vinay Thite <[email protected]> wrote:
> The length of ray floret. > > In my photo of Ray floret, the blade is 15 mm, and the floret stalk is 7 > mm. So, the ray floret length is 22 mm or 15mm? This information is > important to distinguish between four candidates, namely *Delairea > odorata, Senecio angulatus, Senecio tamoides*, and *Senecio macroglossus*. > > > ----- > > Kindly identify this plant. > > Date/Time- 15 FEB 2021 > > Location-Place, Altitude, GPS- Bengaluru > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Balcony Garden > > Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Climber > > Height/Length- Grown up to 100 cm tall. > > Flowers are not fragrant. Most of the flowers have five ray florets. > > ----- > > The yellow flowers are difficult to identify. > > My reasoning: > > My flower has five ray florets. So, it cannot be *Delairea odorata* (no > ray florets). > > > > The ray floret blade length is 15 mm. It is medium. So, it cannot neither > be a small blade (6-9 mm) flower of *Senecio angulatus* nor be a large > blade (>20mm) flower of *Senecio macroglossus*. > > So, by eliminating all the possibilities one can safely reason out that > the flower is *Senecio tamoides. * > > ----- > > Other observations from 'Comparison' photo. > > The flower in question has bracts longer and not curling away. There is a > presence of pappus between the bract whorl and ray floret whorl. > > ----- > > Now I invite all experts to confirm the flower. > > -- > Vinay Thite > > -- > 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/CAJiCN237r9LLqM%2BVjnA%3DUBhr-GZw9PfkvLgA-8LmGJop-31Awg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAJiCN237r9LLqM%2BVjnA%3DUBhr-GZw9PfkvLgA-8LmGJop-31Awg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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/CA%2BiuSFDB_UDMum9uZ65N%2BMLdtHfeKVstNKdQV%3DnkBfCVzY4wPQ%40mail.gmail.com.
