In my last visit I couldn`t locate the flower....perhaps have to wait for another season...all I could say that this plant was not more then 1 foot height and the habitat was under a shadow of boulder (in fact two boulders, from each side)
On 24 February 2012 16:51, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes I agree with H S > Achyranthes coynei is rather a big brother of A. aspera with much larger > plant often reaching 3.5 m tall, much longer spike 35-60 cm long, larger > flowers reaching 2 cm in diam. when fully open. Pink flowered plants are > also found in Western Himalayas, but these clearly belong to A. bidentata. > Above plant needs to to be critically examined as leaves from texture > (whatever visible) look like A aspera and not A. bidentata. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 > Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:47 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Rajesh ji pls give full information about the pic.. Achyranthes coynei >> has big flowering spike and leave margin purple,, though the picture here >> may be A. coynei >> >> >> >>> H.S. >> >> >> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart >> of stone >> >> > > > -- Regards Rajesh Sachdev http://project-matheran.webs.com/ http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy
