It is called poorman's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, because the flower closes, when bad weather is on march or fog is on the way. The germanname is Gaukheil, (can be translated as healing insanity or mental illness). In ancient Greece it was used in the treatment of melancholia. Because it is a bit toxic it is used in fishing, especially in india. This is all from Wikipedia. We find this herb in farmland and along the roadside and smaller ways, perhaps in june i may see some. Nalini
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ushadi micromini" <[email protected]> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 3:54 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:67791] Re: Dalhousie id al210411a Dear Alok ji: can you please tell us of these interesting properties, love to know ... I always thought scarlet pimpernel to be orange-ish red to bright red to occasionally pink..but not this heavenly blue.... thanks for sharing.. Usha di On Apr 21, 8:10 pm, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Neil ji and Gurcharan ji, > It has interesting properties too... > regards > Alok > > > > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 07:27 -0700, tanay bose wrote: > > I knew Anagallis arvensis but had no idea about variety > > Thanks to Sir Ji > > Tanay > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Yes Anagallis arvensis var. coerulea (L.) Gouan > > > -- > > 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 Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Neil Soares > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Alok, > > This is the Scarlet Pimpernel [Anagallis arvensis]. > > Regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > --- On Thu, 4/21/11, Alok Mahendroo > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> > > Subject: [efloraofindia:67735] Dalhousie id > > al210411a > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 12:46 PM > > > Dear friends > > Another small plant... > > > Location Bathri, Chamba > > Altitude 1400mts > > Habit herb > > Habitat wild/roadside > > Height 3 inches > > > regards > > Alok > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > Village Khudgot, > > P.O. Dalhousie > > District Chamba > > H.P. 176304, India > > www.hive.interconnection.org > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, > Indiawww.hive.interconnection.orgwww.hivetrust.wordpress.comwww.forwildlife.wordpress.com
