Gurcharan ji Thanks for showing this wonderful plant. As I have almost nothing to share during the week I am trying to understand and take interest in some species new to me. What I understood here is...... Cardamine is a genus of Brassicaceae with leaves deeply lobed or compound. The fruits are linear lanceolate, long narrow, strongly compressed, with valves that coil up suddenly from the base ejecting the seeds. Coming to the described species: I was wondering about the meaning of lyrate leaves...? *a simple leaf having curvature suggestive of a lyre* I find that lyrate is shaped like a lyre and lyre means *(n) a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment i.e. a stringed instrument with a particularly curved shape.*
Dr Satish Phadke On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Cardamine flexuosa* With., Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3:578, t. 3. 1796. > Syn: *Cardamine* *sylvatica* Link; *Cardamine hirsuta* var. *sylvatica* (Link) > Hook. f. & T. > > Common names: Common bittercress, wavy bittercress > > Small annual herb mostly branched from base, without a distinct basal > rosette of leaves, often withered at flowering stage, lyrate with larger > terminal lobe usually reniform or broadly ovate, 3-5 lobed, lateral lobes > smaller; upper leaves smaller, not auriculate at base,; flowers white, in > racemes on usually zigzag axis; stamens usually 6; siliqua linear 12-25 mm > long, > > Common in moist shaded places, often along roadsides. Photographed from > Kashmir and Manali. > > -- > 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/ > > -- > > > > --
