Argemone mexicana, family Papaveraceae local names: Pila dhatura, Bhat katia English names: Pickly poppy
Plant of West Indies and Mexico now naturalized in many parts of world. -- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:21 PM, vikram jit singh < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Mr Garg, > > > Could your group of experts please help identify and describe this wild > flower i photographed in the foothills of chandigarh, ie the Lower > Shiwaliks. . > > I am writing about these flowers in the newspaper and would require your > expertise. > > > Regards, > > Vikram Jit Singh. > > 9814019356 > > 215 Sector 19 > > Chandigarh. > > > Columnist and writer for > > *The Times of India* > * > * > Columnist for* > * > > *The Dainik Bhaskar* > * > * > *The Hindustan Times.* > > > >

