Satish: you are a font of knowledge.... Its ok to give animal names to plants to id it ... i guess
but for city bred souls like me and countless others ... no weasels have crossed our paths (unless you count weaselly people or a boss or two < ha ha) ... so what does a weasel's snout look like? Nice snap dragon... lesser or not... Nidhan ji ushadi On Jan 17, 6:00 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice upload Nidhan ji. > I initially thought that it appears to be from Fabaceae...? > Originally from Europe the plant grows as a weed elsewhere. The flowers are > pink on Wikipedia page. > Liked the common name...Weasel's snout and thought the flower to resemble > it. On searching found that the hairy green fruit which developes from the > flowers resembles the Weasel's snout.(Weasel is a small mammal...I have > seen it in Spiti valley Himalayas) > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Nidhan Singh > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > This is *Misopates orontium (L.) Raf.* , the lesser Snapdragon or > > Weasel's Snout Syn. *Antirrhinum orontium L. *(Family-Scrophulariaceae, > > now in Plantaginaceae) photographed from Dyal Singh College, Karnal, in > > February 2010. This is a small herb, upto 20 cm in height often found > > growing along field borders and flower beds as a weed, flowers very small, > > less than 1cm across. Wish to have additional info. > > > -- > > Regards, > > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > > Department of Botany > > I.B. (PG) College > > Panipat-132103 Haryana > > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke
