nice to know about Poshkar sir ji...... On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Inula racemosa* Hook. f., ; Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 292 (1881) > > Common names > English: *Indian elecampane* > Kashmir*: Poshkar* > * > * > A robust herb, up to 1.60 m tall, grooved; leaves rough above, densely > hairy beneath, basal up to 45 cm long, elliptic lanceolate, petiole long, > cauline leaves sessile, semi-amplexicaule, often lobed towards base; heads > many, racemose, 4-6 cm across; outer involucre bracts broad with recurved > triangular tips, inner narrower; ligules slender about 2.5 cm long. > > Commonly distributed in Kashmir from 1600 m to 4500 m. Photographed from > Herbal Garden in Kashmir, in 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/ > > -- Amit Kumar *Research Scholar Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India P.O. Box # 18, Chandrabani Dehradun - 248 001. India Mob.-9410592063*
