Gurcharan ji, I think you are on the dot! - Tabish
On Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:08:09 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > Composits are often difficult without the photograph of fruit, which > normally is not taken unless you are a keen taxonomist. At the same time > with just the fruit you can identify the whole plant especially in the > group with ligulate heads (kindly see my paper published in 1972, enclosed > here). In this case perhaps clue lies in involucre bracts which are in more > than two series and bracts are triangular. With ligulate florets only in > the It points to Scorzonera. Wild species S. divaricata has zigzag stems > and very narrow. > This plant to me appears Scorzonera hispanica, probably a cultivation > escape. > > http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scorzonera_hispanica > > http://luirig.altervista.org/photos-search/index2.php?rcn=37596 > > > -- > 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, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Flower from Nubra Valley, Ladakh, at 3100 m. >> May or may not be wild. Found flowering in June end. >> Please identify >> - Tabish >> ------------------------------------------- >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >> The waterhole of flower lovers >> > > > >
