The plant is of course Carduus. Perhaps we have to find out whether it is Carduus edelbergii or C. onopordioides. The Indian plant was originally known as Carduus nutans, but was latter found to be a distinct species Carduus onopordioides (as per Stewart who published a list of Kashmir Plants). In later revision of genus Carduus by Kazmi (1964) Carduus edelbergii was described occurring in Pakistan. Perhaps some one having access to this monograph can help in fixing identity of this plant as well as uploaded on FOI by me as C. onopordioides.
-- 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 Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear friends, ... ID please. > > > *Place*: Ooty town (~ 2750 ft asl), Tamilnadu > *Time*: November 15, 2011 at 5.07pm and November 16, 2011 at 9.28am > *Habit*: small erect herb > *Habitat*: growing along roadside > > *Plant*: standing about a metre high, with slender stem, branching from > bottom. > *Leaf*: spiny, along stem and branches, basal leaves not observed > *Flower*: about 10 mm across > > > Regards. > Dinesh > >
