Sit to me both DSC06683 and DSC06267 are awesome. Never seen such a wonderful phorograph (DSC06267) of dehiscence.
Regrads prasad * * On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Lactuca serriola* L., Cent. pl. II:29. 1756 (Amoen. acad. 4:328. 1759) > syn: *Lactuca scariola* L.; *Lactuca augustana* All. > > Common name: Prickly lettuce > > Tall prickly herb reaching 1.5 m, branched, prickly towards base; leaves > sessile, pinnatifid with toothed segmrnts pointing downwards, prickly on > midrib and nerves beneath, upper leaves stem-clasping with arrow-shaped > base; heads yellow, 9-12 mm in diam., in long panicles with spreading > branches; involucre bracts oblong; achene brown nearly 3 mm long with > slender almost as long longer beak, pappus hairs white. > > Very common in Kashmir valley in wastelands, borders of fields and road > sides , photographed from Balgarden and University Campus 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/ > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
