Nice Pics Gurcharan Ji. i think same plant as uploaded by Alok Ji for ID today
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > *Carpesium cernuum* L., Pl. 859. 1753 > > Perennial herb, up to 1 m tall, much branched. Lower cauline leaves > spatulate-oblong, up to 25 cm long, up to 6 cm broad, base contracted and > attenuate into winged petiole, margins irregularly doubly serrate, hairy on > both surfaces, upper surface green, lower surface pale; upper leaves > smaller; heads solitary, 1.5-2 cm across, long pedunculate, subtended by > many linear-lanceolate, 2-5 cm long leaves; outer bracts leaf-like, > scarious near base, inner ones narrowly oblong, scarious, obtuse; florets > tubular, finally yellow; achenes linear, 4.5-5 mm long. > > Photographed from Dachhigam, Kashmir in July and August. > > -- > 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
