Achyranthes bidentata Pankaj
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > please help to id this Amaranthaceae member. Is this any variety of * > Achyranthes* species? > > *Date/Time-* > > 06-11-2010 / 1:30 PM > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* > > ca.2200asl; Kodaikanal, TN > > *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > roadside; perhaps weed > > *Plant Habit-* > > straggling herb > > *Height/Length-* > > ca. 1 M > > *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > ca. 10 x 3 cm; reddish margin; > > *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* > ca. 10cm long spike > > *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > pinkish > > *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * > > *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 09626833911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India

