Thanks Gurcharan ji, Fardia ji, Tanay ji for the flower ID and Nalini ji for the information on Centaurea cyanus.
Regards, Mani. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:09 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Centaurea cyanus indeed Gurcharan Ji upladed this plant from Kashmir 1 > month ago !! > tanay > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:33 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de>wrote: > >> It is cornflower *Centaurea cyanus*. It used to grow along with corn >> poppy *Papaver rhoeas* in the grainfields before extensive use of herbicides >> was made. Even now, sometimes one sees these two flowers together along the >> roadside, also a popular motive in aquarelles. >> The botanical name comes from the centaur (Centaurea) Chiron, is said to >> have healed with the cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) a wound at the foot of >> the hero Achilles >> Attaching a foto of Flockenblume *(Centaurea) * from my garden, taken in >> Juni 2010 >> regards >> nalini >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> *From:* Farida Abraham <fa.abra...@gmail.com> >> *To:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >> *Cc:* mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:13 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:44854] flower for ID190810MN >> >> common name cornflower/ comes in shades of blue, mauve and pink. FA >> >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Common garden plant, Centaurea cyanus. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:03 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Friends, >>>> Sending a photo of the flower. >>>> Kindly identify. >>>> >>>> Date/Time: June 2009 2.00 p.m >>>> Location: Pahalgam, Kashmir >>>> Habitat: Cultivated in a garden >>>> Plant Habit: herb >>>> Fruits - Not seen >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Mani Nair >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mrs. F. Abraham. >> Principal, >> La Martiniere Girls' College, >> Lucknow 226001. >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > Department of Botany > University of British Columbia > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 > >
