Gurcharan ji Another trifoliate leaved Desmodium. You have shown and described it very nicely. A mountain slope plant Not reported in Maharashtra
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Desmodium concinnum* DC., Prodr. 2:335. 1825. > syn: Desmodium pendulum Wall. > > A beautiful shrub with drooping long inflorescence covered when young with > long whitish bracts; branches drooping; leaves trifoliate with > elliptic-oblong up to 7 cm long leaflets rounded at both ends, finely > pubescent on both surfaces; bracts 7-10 mm long, forming whitish tail at > the tip of young inflorescence; flowers dark blue, corolla 7-8 mm long; pod > up to 16 cm long, 2.5 cm broad, upper suture wavy, lower constricted > between seeds. > > Common along mountain slopes along Mussoorie Chakrata road, photographed > near Baratkhai in September. > > -- > 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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
