... many thanks Gurcharan ji ... did not know of this species of * Chromolaena*. Regards. Dinesh
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Resurfacing again for confirmation > > Earlier feedback > > Tanay..................................I think this is *Chromolaena > odorata* > * > * > *Yazdy ji.............................*I think Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji is > correct. I do not know anything about C frastrata, but have somepictures > of C. odoreta and the leaves > are different. I must admit here, I am a novice and may be wrong. > > > > -- > > 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/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:33 AM > Subject: Chromolaena odorata or C. frustrata? > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Since we are on with the discussion on Chromolaena vs Argentina, I thought > it appropriate my photographs from Khalsa College in Delhi, where it is > grown as a small hedge (rather as edgings), never allowed to grow higher > than 30 cm, but when allowed to grow untrimmed may grow up to 50 cm tall. > The leaves of this are much smaller, never broader than 15 mm, mostly 8-10 > mm broad, 3-5 cm long. I tried Flora of North America where it fits into C. > frustrata. Please comment on this. > > Here is the key: > > > Leaf blades mostly 1.5–4 cm; involucres 5.5–7.5(–8) mm 3 *Chromolaena > frustrata<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066334> > * > * <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066334>*+Leaf > blades mostly (3.5–)5–10 cm; involucres (7–)8–10 mm 4 *Chromolaena odorata > * <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242312602> > > -- > 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/ > > > > >
