Very nice pictures. Peculiar shaped structures. Apt information added. With so many .....ates matching in the illustrated pictures. laciniate trifoliate obovate cuneate denticulate mucronate Very good.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All, > > This one is* M. polymorpha **Linn., Sp. Pl. 779;* *M. denticulata Willd., > Sp. Pl. 3: 1414, 1802* > > A spreading, glabrous, annual with prostrate branches. Stipules laciniate. > Leaves trifoliate with long petiole. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, 1.2 x 0.5 > cm, faintly denticulate, glabrous, apex mucronate, base cuneate-deltoid. > Flowers yellow, few, solitary or umbelled. Pods* *0.5 x 0.5 cm, > subglobose, of 2-4 spirals, margins with a double row of spines. > > ** > > ** The plant is a very common weed of winter and sometimes it becomes > very dominant in the field, often found growing with other seasonal weed > *Melilotus > alba*. > > ** > > Shot from my village in Kaithal, Haryana in March 2011 > > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
