Yes A. bidentata, it also very common in Western Ghat regards,
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Achyranthes bidentata* Blume, Bijdr. 545 1826. > syn: *Achyanthes chinensis* Osbeck; *A. hispida* Moq.; *A. japonica*(Miq.) > Nakai; > *Centrostachys* *bidentata* (Blume) Standl. > > A plant of subtropical and temperate climates usually ascending to 2500 m. > Differs from tropical weed A. aspera in being sparsely hairy, in thin larger > leaves, ovate-lanceolate, 7-15 cm long, apex narrowed and acuminate; spikes > slender, much shorter, rarely exceeding 12 cm; staminodes minutely toothed > at tip without a fimbriate dorsal scale. > > Photographed from Manali in October, 2009. > > -- > 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/ > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
