very nice pictures, Gurcharan ji, how long has this plant been documented in India?
not native I imagine... Usha di ========== On Nov 16, 10:26 am, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice Catch Sir never seen before > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Liatris spicata (L.) Willd., Sp. pl. 3(3):1636. 1803 > > Common names: blazing-star, button snakewort, gayfeather, marsh > > blazing-star, prairie-pine > > Glabrous perennial herb up to 1.5 m tall; leaves linear to > > linear-lanceolate, up to 40 cm long; heads about 7-8 mm across, in up to 60 > > cm long spicate inflorescence; involcre bracts often purple with scarious > > margin. > > Photographed from Herbal Garden, Srinagar, 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/ > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964
