A new Plant with all details thanks Sir for sharing On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Lepidium pinnatifidum* Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 1: 206. 1841. > syn: *Lepidium* *neubaueri* Rech.f. > > Annual or biennial herb up to 50 cm tall, simple below, branched above; > basal leaves pinnatifid to pinnatipartite, shortly petiolate, upper > elliptic-lanceolate to linear, lower toothed upper entire; flowers minute, > sepals 0.7-0.8 mm long, petals almost half to 3/4 as long as sepals; stamens > 4; fruit broadly elliptic to orbicular, 1.8-2 mm, pilose, not winged towards > apex, apical notch obscure, less than 0.1 mm deep, style as long as notch. > > The plant may be easily confused with L. apetalum in which also the basal > leaves are pinnatipartite, but branches are clustered near the tip, petals > are rudimentary or absent and fruit glabrous. The plants can also be > confused with L. ruderale in which, however, plants are fetid, basal leaves > are 2-3 pinnatisect, fruit glabrous, narrowly winged at apex. > > Photographed from Balgarden, Srinagar, Kashmir growing along roadsides, > photographed in June and July. > > Tabish ji, this plant was earlier uploaded by me at Flowers of India > wrongly under the name L. ruderale. Kindly incorporate the correction and > incorporate close up of fruit showing pilose nature and apical notch. > > > > > > > > -- > 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
