Nice photographs. Regards Prashant On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> A common weed in warm as well as cold climates. Lot here in California > > > -- > 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, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:35 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Is this a weedy crop or is it cultivated? >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Coronopus didymus* (Linn.) Smith, Fl.Brit. 2: 691. 1804. >>> syn: *Lepidium didymum* L.; *Senebiera* *pinnatifida* DC. >>> >>> Spreading annual herb, branched from base, bad smelling; basal leaves >>> pinatisect 5-10 cm long, with numerous small segments, upper sessile with >>> fewer segments; flowers minute, 1-1.3 mm across, in shot compact raceme >>> elongatng in fruit; petals minute or absent; stamen 2; silicula didymus, >>> broader than long, 2.5 mm broad, with globose valves with one seed in each. >>> Photographed from Delhi and Kashmir, a common weed on roadsides >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> =========== >> >> > > > > -- > > > > --
