Yes exactly Singhji and Tanayji, I googled for and got the the images at one hit. the plant is *Silybum marianum* (L.) Gaertn. of Asteraceae, native of Tropical America. Thank you very much.
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:40 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Silybum marianum > tanay > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > *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 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
