Dear Gurcharan Singh ji, This is simply superb. Informative post with Excellent photos.
Regards Prashant On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 8:22 PM, nitesh <[email protected]> wrote: > lovely > > On Feb 7, 5:16 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Galium aparine* L., Sp. P1. 108. 1753. > > > > Annual herb with trailing or climbing stems, with hooked hairs or > prickles; > > leaves in whorls of 6-8, linear, narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate to > > almost obovate, 10-35 mm long, tip mucronate or cuspidate, margin > scabrous, > > upper surface hispid, main vein single with fine lateral nerves; flowers > > 1.5-2 mm across, white, in 3-flowered axillary cymes on 15-20 mm long > > peduncle; pedicel elongated to 8 mm in fruit; fruit 3-5 mm across, > covered > > with hooked hairs, mericarps distinct. > > > > Common in Kashmir among roadside herbs and shrubs and in wastelands. > > Photographed from Harwan, Kashmir > > > > -- > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > Galium-aparine-Harwan-Kashmir-1.jpg > > 232KViewDownload > > > > Galium-aparine-Harwan-Kashmir-2.jpg > > 208KViewDownload > > > > Galium-aparine-Harwan-Kashmir-3.jpg > > 187KViewDownload
