Tanay I have also been considering these two species. Although the flower colour is similar to C. verutum, the spines are much shorter and fewer and only at tips of leaf lobes. Please also note leaves are thicker and darker green in colour. Inner involucre bracts are broader with shorter spines.
-- 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/ On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:26 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Sir Ji, > This plant reminds me of *Cirsium verutum* (D.Don) Sprengel [Synonym: *C. > involucratum* DC., *Cnicus argyracanthus* (DC.) C.B. Clarke]. > > regards > Tanay > > > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Cirsium sp. from Kashmir, growing along roadsides along Pampore Karewas. I >> was tempted to identify it as C. wallichii but the spines on leaves are >> shorter and involucre bracts different from C. wallichii photographed from >> Manali earlier: Photographed on June 20, 2010 >> >> >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/d07b00c13155a491/d07c4b53686e4d05?lnk=gst&q=Cirsium+wallichii#d07c4b53686e4d05 >> >> -- >> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > >
