May be Silybum marianum
-- 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 Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > Please help to id this prickled Asteraceae shrub. Sorry for poor > photographs. > > Location: Ooty town, Nilgiris [roadside] > Altitude: 2000 MSL > Date: 05 Dec 2010; 05:30PM > > Height: c. 1 metre > Leaf: c. 15 x 10 cm > Inflorescence: 3- 5cm across; pink > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > >

