Thanks Tabish ji, for showing another species. -- 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 5:50 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > 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://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scorzonera_hispanica> >> >> http://luirig.altervista.org/**photos-search/index2.php?rcn=**37596<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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >> >> 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 >>> >> >> >> >>
