Thanks for the photos and information. You had Identified one of my plant from Spiti which was lacking leaf characters. Now I understood what to look for.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Lotus corniculatus* L., Sp. pl. 2:775. 1753 > > Common names: *bird's-foot trefoil*, *common bird's-foot-trefoil* > * > * > *Glabrous perennial herb with ascending branches; leaves with five ovate > or elliptic leaflets of which two near base appearing like stipules, three > towards the tip of rachis; flowers yellow in umbel-like cluster on axillary > peduncle; pod cylindric up to 4 cm long.* > * > * > *Very common in Kashmir valley in meadows. Photographed from Botanical > Garden below Cheshmashahi in Kashmir.* > * > * > * > * > > -- > 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
