Thanks Satish ji for detailed Post On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Malvaceae week : *Malvastrum coromandelianum* (L.) > Today morning I saw this for the first time. (May be I was neglecting > earlier thinking it to be Sida) > Hopefully the ID is correct. > Characters to be watched: > Erect herb upto 1 m high. Stems petioles and pedicels with 4 armed > appressed stellate hairs pointing up and downwards. > (I tried to check it hard in may pictures but can't figure out clearly... > One of the pictures in Gurcharan ji's post does show some such hairs) > Calyx broader....Ref. Pardeshi ji > Flower solitary axillary. Epicalyx segments 4-7 covered with 4 rayed hairs; > Corolla yellow obliquely obovate.(Uneven at tip) > Schizocarps globular c 2mm long > Regards > Dr Phadke > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964