[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Senecio grahamii * Hook.f. ... (family: Asteraceae) *sen-NEESH-shee-oh* -- Latin form of old man refers to hairy parts of flowers ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DSenecio&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdZt0fSnnaNOTSGgJDlXQevd2XXFg>, except this species *GRAM-ee-eye* -- named for John Graham, author of Catalogue of Plants (Bombay)
*commonly known as*: Graham's groundsel • *Marathi*: सोनकी sonki *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FSonki.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzffsR1rRKmWiAZiusjhicPBjWOHkQ>• *Common Indian Wild Flowers* by Isaac Kehimkar [image: Senecio grahamii Hook.f.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898518315%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeMpl_QMdUUw4xwHzyVo33RIeZVPA> Regards. Dinesh --
