Dinesh ji
It is Gamochaeta (formerly Gnaphalium), probably G. purpureum or G.
pensylvanicum ( American weed, often confused with G. purpureum, recently
become common in Delhi and other parts of India). Here is how you can
separate them
Leaf surfaces of different colour, upper white hairy, lower almost
glabrous;
basal leaves persistent at anthesis; inflorescence spicate, lower
glomerules of heads often
pedunculate..............................................G. purpurea
Leaf surfaces not markedly different; basal leaves withered at anthesis;
heads in spicate panicles, densely wooly 2/3 from
base....................G. pensylvanica
--
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 Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear friends ... ID please.
> *Place*: at top of Ratangad (~ 754 m / 2473 ft asl), near Bhandardara,
> Maharshtra.
> *Time*: January 14, 2012 at 12.27pm
> *Habit*: tender prostrate herb, about 6" - 10" high
> *Habitat*: damp bed of a drying pond
>
> *Flower head size*: about 2 - 3 mm
>
>
> Regards.
