Yes Satish Ji Beautiful. A new plant for me On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/ >> >> > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
