Great compilation, but I think it is C. falconeri. C. wallichii can't have that big heads, plus upper bracts are not spiny. See my upload Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads- Cirsium wallichii from Kashmir-GS34 (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/GWz1njtOkr0>
On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 7:22:26 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: > *Cirsium wallichii* DC. > [image: Cirsium wallichii DC.] > > *SIR-see-um* -- Greek *kirsion* (kind of thistle) ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Cirsium> > *wall-IK-ee-eye* -- named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, > botanist and physician ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=wallichii> > > *commonly known as*: Wallich's thistle • *Dogri*: भुस्स bhuss, बगूल bagul > • *Hindi*: बूंगसी bungsee • *Nepali*: ढाडे काँडा dhaade kaandaa, सुङ्गुरे > काँडा sunggure kaandaa, थकाल thakaal • *Rajasthani*: ब्रह्मदण्डी > brahmdandi > > > *botanical names*: *Cirsium wallichii* DC. ... *synonyms*: *Cirsium > macracanthum* Sch.Bip. • *Cirsium nepalense* DC. • *Cnicus wallichii* > (DC.) C.B.Clarke ... and more at POWO > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:196195-1#synonyms> > > Bibliography / etymology > ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ > *Wallich's thistle* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wallich%27s%20Thistle.html> > - this species is named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, early 19th century > Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician, who worked in India ... read > more about him at Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Wallich> > > ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ > *भुस्स bhuss, बगूल bagul* > > - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these name ... > facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1856330504394173&set=a.703258753034693&type=3&comment_id=5626645487362637¬if_id=1645601885183372¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif> > > ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ > *बूंगसी bungsee* > > - ENVIS - FRLHT > <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4436/d2b882d5f1af90ee579df4746fb0fcca> > > ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ > *ढाडे काँडा dhaade kaandaa, सुङ्गुरे काँडा sunggure kaandaa, थकाल thakaal* > > - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these name ... > efloraofindia > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/m5J4TAQcMEg/m/gkgutO-ZCQAJ> > > ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ > *ब्रह्मदण्डी brahmadandi* > > - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of > Rajasthan, India <http://www.thebiobrio.in/contentj/4_Floristic.pdf> > by Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi > - found also written as *ब्रह्मदंडी brahmadandi* > > ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/02/cirsium-wallichii-dc.html > > 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/ca4af0d6-aed0-45e2-8a27-d19dae500798n%40googlegroups.com.

