This is a common weed in Chennai. The whole play ground in Adyar used to be get covered whenever it rained. No season for its flowering. Comes up very easily in cleared areas.
On Apr 21, 11:53 pm, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > What I found interesting on a nature walk ( at the Officers' Training > Academy, Chennai) was the fact that the flowers were closed at dawn, opened > later in the sun and were closed when it became cloudy again. > Sun-loving White Alder. > Regards, > Padmini Raghavan. > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:43 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > Turnera subulata, naturalised undershrub originating from south > > America. Regards, Shrikant > > > On Apr 19, 3:29 pm, rajank <[email protected]> wrote: > > > very nice pic of Turnera sps. > > > thanks > > > > rajank > > > > On Apr 19, 12:51 am, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud > > > > That floats on high o'er vales and hills, > > > > When all at once I saw a crowd, > > > > A host, of golden daffodils; > > > > Beside the lake, beneath the trees, > > > > Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. > > > > > Thus exclaimed the remarkable poet Wordsworth in his ode to the > > daffodils. We > > > > also had a similar experience when on our way to Mahabalipuram. We > > zipped along > > > > enjoying the countryside when suddenly we noticed these beautiful > > flowers by > > > > the roadside. Lying there, they seemed so happy and cheerful that we > > could not > > > > ignore them. So we reversed and came to the spot where they lay. > > Whipping out > > > > the camera, we proceeded to photograph them. And here they are for > > your viewing > > > > > White Alder > > > > Turnera subulata > > > > Family: Turneraceae > > > > > Mahabalipuram > > > > Chennai > > > > 28 Dec 2010 > > > > > Mahabali-1dLeaf.jpg > > > > 198KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1a2.jpg > > > > 234KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1b.jpg > > > > 277KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1c.jpg > > > > 341KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1eRoadSide.jpg > > > > 327KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1a.jpg > > > > 214KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
