Beautiful photograph Gurcharan Singh ji. Regards Prashant On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote:
> Sir ji, > Again very beautiful. > Aarti > > > On Friday, May 18, 2012 5:36:01 PM UTC+4, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> One of the most beautiful species of Aquilegia, found in wide range of >> colours and patterns. Photographed from Botanical Garden below >> Cheshmashahi, Srinagar, Kashmir in May, 2012. >> >> *Aquilegia vulgaris* Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 533. 1753 >> >> Common names: capon's-feather, columb**ine, European columbine, European >> crowfoot, granny bonnets >> >> Perennial herb up to 70 cm tall; basal leaves twice ternate compound, >> shorter than stems; leaflets apically 2-3 fid, pilose or glabrous; flowers >> on long branched axis, nodding, usually 3 or more together;sepals blue or >> purple, ovate-lanceolate, up to 2.5 cm long; petals blue or purple, blade >> up to 12 mm long, oblong, rounded at tip, spur hooked, stout, up to 20 mm >> long; follicles up to 2.5 cm long with up to 15 mm long beak. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >>
