Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the possible IDs. Will wait for further comments.
Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > >
