Many many thanks Gurcharan ji for this help with ID. Have sighted this herb many times earlier; was eager to know the plant.
Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > > > > >
