Yes A. houstonianum is a better choice. I was under the impression that this is commonly a cultivated species, never thought it could become an invasive weed.
-- 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 Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Agree with Dr. Pankaj. This is an invasive weed - the Mexican Floss Flower > [Ageratum houstonianum] a native of Peru & Mexico. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Tue, 2/22/11, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:63359] Fwd: WILD FLOWER ID > > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "vikram jit singh" < > [email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 5:56 PM > > > Looks like Ageratum to me. > Pankaj > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:34 PM, J.M. Garg > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Forwarding for Id assistance please. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: vikram jit singh > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > Date: 22 February 2011 11:35 > > Subject: WILD FLOWER ID > > To: "J.M. Garg" > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Dear Mr Garg, > > > > > > I wanted to seek ur expertise on the identity of a wild purple flower > which > > grows in clumps in the lower Shiwalik foothills. It is very common and > gives > > of a exotic odour. I am attaching a pix. Could u tell me the name and > > something about this flower. > > Regards, > > Vikram. > > > > (Vikram Jit Singh) > > > > Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: > > > > The Times of India > > > > at Chandigarh. > > > > > > Columnist and Writer for: > > > > The Dainik Bhaskar > > > > Golf Style (India) > > > > The Tribune > > > > The Daily Ajit > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 215, Sector 19 A, > > Chandigarh -- 160019, > > India. > > > > 0172-2724938 > > 09814019356. > > > > Facebook Profile: > > http://www.facebook.com/people/Vikram-Jit-Singh/543394961 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg > > ([email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > ) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > alphabetically & place-wise): > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them > > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1500 members & > > 60,000 messages on 15/1/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on > > 15/12/10) > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > > >
