According to your description their is plant which may fit into the size i.e *Cirsium edule* But I am not sure whether it's found in Kashmir !
Tanay On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > 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) >> >> >> > > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
