Nice pictures, Gurcharan ji. Thank you all for the Apiaceae series, which is a great learning for me. Several taxa are new to me. I liked also the write up part that distinguishes closely related and easily confused species. Please keep it on.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Heracleum candicans* Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 4:192. 1830 > > Tall pubescent herb reaching 2 m; leaves 20-40 cm long, pinnate, pinnae > lobed or not, segments up to 20 cm long, glabrous or pubescent above, > densely and often white tomentose beneath, margin serrate; rays 15-35, > without involucre bracts; involucel bracts 5-8, linear to lanceolate; outer > petals longer than others; fruit compressed, prominently winged. > > Common in Kashmir valley in forest slopes. Photographed from Herbal Garden > below Cheshmashahi, Srinagar Kashmir in > > -- > 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/ > >
