After further consideration I have feeling that my Kashmir specimens belong to C. verutum. Diagnostic features are larger heads 3.5-6 cm across, and involucre heads terminating in spines, outer longer and inner shorter. Ranikhet specimen may be C. argyracanthum.
On Sunday, July 4, 2021 at 4:57:41 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Hi, Singh ji, > I think the two images from Gulmarg look different. > I think these are more closer to images and details at > *Cirsium argyracanthum* DC. > <https://efloraofindia.com/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/carduoideae/cirsium/cirsium-argyracanthum> > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 at 16:27 > Subject: [efloraofindia:157005] Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads- > Cirsium verutum from Kashmir, Ranikhet and Bhimtal-GS33 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Cirsium verutum (D. Don) Spreng. > Syn: Cnicus argyracanthus(DC) C B Clarke; Cnicus involucratus DC. > > The plant is differentiated from related species C. wallichii by its > usually purplish flowers (though white ones should also be expected if we > follow FBI and Collett), outer as well as inner involucre bracts ending in > spines longer than 5 mm. > Photographed from Kashmir, Bhimtal and Ranikhet. > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > 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/b7564fc9-10b6-4d94-80c4-d53d86e09997n%40googlegroups.com.
