Thanks for appreciation Dinesh ji
-- 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 Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Many thanks for sharing newer and newer plants, Gurcharan ji -- ... > IMG_8213-Kashmir-2.jpg is very beautiful. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Tanacetum cinerariifolium* (Trevir.) Sch. Bip., Tanaceteen 58. 1844 >> Syn: *Pyrethrum cinerariifolium* Trevir. (basionym);*Chrysanthemum >> cinerariifolium* (Trevir.) Vis. >> >> Common names: Pyrethrum, Dalmatian insect-flower, Dalmatian pyrethrum >> >> Perennial herb reaching 55 cm, unbranched or branched from base, >> pubescent with silvery-grey hairs; leaves alternate, lower long-petiolate, >> 2-3-pinnatisect with linear-oblong less than 2 mm broad silverygrey >> segments, upper leaves smaller, short-petioled, uppermost sessile; heads >> terminal, usually solitary on long peduncle, rarely in corymbs, radiate, >> 2-4 cm across, with yellow centre (disc florets) and usually 12-15 white >> ray florets which are 10-15 cm long and 3-toothed at tip; achenes 3-3.5 mm >> long, 5-ribbed. >> >> The plant is cultivated in Kashmir at many places for extraction of >> pyrethrin used as insecticide; dried flower heads are pulverised to extract >> the active principle; crushed leaves and flower heads rubbed on body >> prevent insect bite. Photographed from Herbal garden below Cheshma shahi in >> Srinagar, Kashmir. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> >
