[image: ... fortress of Tung]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8101975875%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfH3_8XzMP1LTevHoSXuyvHikU4lw> Tung ... also known as Kathin-gad ... *Trail*: Tung-wadi (2700 ft asl) - Tung fort (3250 ft asl) *Date / Time*: October 13, 2012 at 10.17am ... *Altitude*: 2700 ft asl ------------------------------ * Tricholepis amplexicaulis * C.B.Clarke ... (family: Asteraceae) *try-ko-LEP-is* -- hair-like, fine as hair ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DTricholepis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeNgZzjV-ufRY0U9DRMgI9Fa-SU1w> *am-pleks-ih-KAW-liss* -- clasping the stem ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Damplexicaulis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeuyQfLdIya7ABPPBXBb8yQI8dpQw>
*commonly known as*: hill thistle • *Marathi*: दहाण dahan *Endemic to*: northern Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FDahan.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeOGJKaNx8t-AWFuK5K4eYJTgUvNg>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Tricholepis amplexicaulis C.B.Clarke]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8090285502%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze6NjJrnlLjAkCu0vr15wFN1xx0zw> [image: Tricholepis amplexicaulis C.B.Clarke]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8090288114%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcW1zNq7Y6I9r4noLEiG8schDBUOQ> [image: Tricholepis amplexicaulis C.B.Clarke]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8090278611%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeCrkWVUV0AP-09sxWOWB3Gr4c_Cw> [image: Tricholepis amplexicaulis C.B.Clarke]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8090272999%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzesKREHoXDPGaX0PUm17MFnbDXxzw> Regards. Dinesh --
