Very good set of pictures.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Cynara cardunculus* L., Sp. Pl. 827, 1753 subsp. cardunculus > Syn: *Carduus* *cardunculus* (L.) Baill.; *Cynara sylvestris* Lam.; Cynara > scolymus L. > > Common names: Artichoke thistle, cardoon, cardone, cardoni, artichoke > > A tall plant often reaching 2 m in height with fleshy tap root; leaves once > to twice pinnately lobed or almost compound, with oblong to lanceolate, > entire or toothed lobes, with or without spiny tips, usually > white-tomentose; heads up to 15 cm across, bluish-purple; involucre bracts > usually spine tipped or without spine (globe artichoke); style exserted. > > Leaf rachis and stems are edible whereas in Globe artichoke flesh involucre > bracts are used as food. > > Photographed from Hazuribagh garden (now Iqbal Garden) in Srinagar, Kashmir > > IT MUST BE MENTIONED THAT PLANT DISPLAYED AT FOI IS NOT CARDOON AT ALL. THE > HEADS ARE REDDISH< MUCH SMALLER AND BRACTS DIFFERENT> IT MAY BE A SPECIES OF > CARDUUS THISTLE. > > > > > > > -- > 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/ > >
