Ushadi It is a garden ornamental as such won't be generally recorded in Floras or other publications in India.
-- 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/ On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 >
