Beautiful Shot Sir On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Crepis sancta* *subsp.* *falconeri* *(Hook.f.) Rech.f. , , Fl. Iran. > 122: 330. 1977 > Syn: *Pterotheca falconeri* Hook.f. > > A very distinctive annual herb up to 40 cm tall with basal rosette of > spatulate and pinnatifid leaves up to 12 cm long with few teeth or lobes, > leaf base narrowed to winged stalk; stems slender, branched, hairy > especially in upper part, leafless and appearing like scapes; heads yellow, > ligulate, 15-20 mm in diam., ligules 5-toothed; inner involucre bracts > 8-10, linear, pubescent, 8-10 mm long, with hyaline margin, erect, outer > few, small, spreading; achenes linear, narrowed at both ends, reddish when > mature, without beak, 3-5 mm long; pappus of simple hairs, soft, white, > nearly as long as achene body. > > Commonest weed in May-June in wastelans and borders of cultivated fields. > Photographed from above Cheshma Sahi, outside Shalimar garden, Pampore, > Dachhigam and Pahalgam, 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
