Many thanks for sharing Galium aparine sir. Very beautiful. This is a new plant for me as we have only two species of Galium in Orissa. *G. aspererifolium* and *G. mollugo*.
Regards Prasad On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice pictures of a very different looking Rubiaceae family member. > > > Regards > Giby > > > > > > On 2 November 2011 14:31, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Galium aparine* L., Sp. P1. 108. 1753. >> >> Common names: *catchweed bedstraw, **cleavers*, *goose-grass*, * >> stickywilly* >> >> Annual climbing herb with strongly angular stems with recurved prickly >> hairs, usually 6 leaves at each node, leaves narrowly >> oblanceolate-elliptic, cuspidate at apex, scabrid on surface; flowers >> usually on stout peduncles in 3-flowered cymes, white; fruits on long >> peduncles, 3-5 mm, covered with long curved hairs, mericarps almost free. >> >> Photographed from Harwan, Kashmir in June >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
