Thank you Gurcharanji I learnt something new so no problem Serendipity will contrive to bring you to evening primrose and then me to your pictures or vice- versa... no hurry, it will happen suddenly
when you least expect it Usha di On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Ludwigia* *hexapetala* (Hook. & Arn.) Zardini et al. > Common name: Water Primrose > > Sorry Ushadi, I could not show you evening primrose as promise. > But thank you for the query as it helped me to find a plant I had not seen > it earlier. > > When photographing the plant from a ditch in a garden here I thought it to > be a species of Oenothera, but while processing my photographs especially > to upload for Ushadi I was struck by persistent calyx on the top of fruit, > some thing not found in this genus. I finally identified it as Ludwigia > hexapetala. > > Of the four species of the genus in California, this one is > characterised by erect habit, alternate narrowly ellipitic leaves, yellow > flowers about 2.5 cm across, with 5-6 petals and sepals. > > -- > 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/ > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
