Most beautiful................. Thanks for sharing Sir On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/> >>> >>> > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
