Gurcharanji: Thanks, never seen these "two colors" may be the last picture(( Saussurea-albescens-Upper Munda below tunnel- Kashmir-4-DSC08161.jpg )) is seeds??? Usha di =======
On Dec 12, 8:40 pm, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful Catch Sir > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Saussurea albescens (DC.) Sch.Bip., Linnaea 19: 330 1846. > > syn: Aplotaxis albescens DC. > > Family: Asteraceae > > > Tall perennial herb reaching 3 m with several stems from base; leaves > > linear, lanceolate, elliptic to oblong, lower petioled and sinuately lobed, > > upper entire and nearly sessile, up to 30 cm long, white woolly beneath; > > Flower-heads purplish, subcylindrical, up to 12 mm long, 5 mm broad, many in > > branched flat-topped corymbs. > > > Common in Kashmir valley on dry open slopes. Photographed from Kashmir > > University botanical garden, and from below Jawahar Tunnel. > > > -- > > 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
