very thoughtful... what is 3 flowered?
Usha di ==== On Sep 29, 3:10 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Triumfetta annua* Linn., Mant. 1:73. 1767. > > The species is distinct from others in its orange flowers and glabrous > uncinate spines on the fruit. Annual herb up to 1 m tall, stem purplish on > one side with line of hairs; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-veined > from base, stipules linear, hirsute; cymes leaf-opposed, usually 3-flowered; > flowers orange, 8 mm across, petals slightly smaller than sepals; stamens > 10; capsule globose 9-11 mm in diam including spines which are 4-5 mm long > glabrous and with hooked tips. > > Photographed from near Kalsi along Mussoorie Chakrata road on September 16, > 2011 > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Triumfetta-annua-Between Dakpathar and Kalsi-2.jpg > 176KViewDownload > > Triumfetta-annua-Mussoorie-Chakrata Road near Kalsi-3.jpg > 143KViewDownload > > Triumfetta-annua-near Dakpathar towards Kalsi-1.jpg > 100KViewDownload
