Resurfacing again for ID confirmation
-- 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/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:23208] Crotalaria ¿ nana OR retusa ? To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>, Neil Soares < [email protected]> Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < [email protected]>, Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]>, "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> Resurfacing this *Crotalaria* once more for querying ID. Neil ji's post showing *Crotalaria montana* at https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Crotolaria$20montana/indiantreepix/in2N41I6-S4/LKe1Q87VtF4Jtriggered me to resurface this post. Neil ji, your thoughts please. Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Resurfacing this query for ID with more views (of 13NOV10 from Vaghbil, > Thane) attached. > > Earlier responses: > Vijayadas ji ... Is it Desmodium > Dr E S Santhosh Kumar ji ... It seems to be Crotalaria nana > Avinash dada ji ... it is neither C. nana nor C. retusa for id it need > pods > Satish Pardeshi ji ... check out with Crotalaria linifolia ... common in > Mumbai during and after monsoon > > > Just as Satish Pardeshi ji has put: common in Mumbai during and after > monsoon ... indeed finding this plant appearing during and after monsoon, > however does not look like Crotalaria linifolia as per description at PIER > species info at http://www.hear.org/pier/species/crotalaria_linifolia.htm > > Also observed that a few stray showers are sufficient for new plants to > spring up and the old plants to flower. > Thus, it is quite normal for these Crotalaria plants to grow fresh green > among the other annuals which have died and dried. > > Typically, this plant grows erect and gregarious ... with delicate stem > and very slender branches (branching at about 45º) ... strong breeze leave > these plants bent towards ground or resting on adjacent plants. > > Also need to mention the status of old plants, those that grew during > monsoon: they are almost with no leaves, the stem and branches have turned > woody. Unseasonal rains (during October / November) bring these old plants > back to life, tiny leaves or leaves with stunted growth at old nodes, and > many bright yellow flowers dot the entire seemingly dried-up plant. > > > Hopefully, the additional photos are sufficient to resolve the ID. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:20 PM > Subject: Fwd: [indiantreepix:23208] Crotalaria ¿ nana OR retusa ? > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > Cc: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>, "Dr. Santhosh Kumar" < > [email protected]>, Avinash dada <[email protected]> > > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > Earlier relevant feedback: > "It seems to be *Crotalaria nana* > Santhosh" > "it is *neither C. nana nor C. retusa* for id it need pods" from > Avinash ji. > "OK, Avinash ji ... will put photos at earliest when I get to see the > pods." from Dinesh ji. > > > > -- > 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/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/9/21 > Subject: [indiantreepix:19088] Crotalaria ¿ nana OR retusa ? > To: Indian Tree Pix <[email protected]> > > > Dear friends, > > Place Vaghbil, Thane > Date: 19 SEP 09 > > Seeing this plant now blooming in the wild (scrub forests) around Mumbai > and Thane. > > ...referring Floristic Survey of Institute of Science at > http://iscmumbai.maharashtra.gov.in/floristic%20survey.html the * > Crotalaria* species in attached photos seems to be *C. nana*. > OR is it *C. retusa*, else ID please. > > Regards. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > > > >
