Dear friends, The altitude mentioned in Place: Ooty town (~ *2750* ft asl), Tamilnadu to read as *7250* ft
Apologies. Dinesh On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the possible IDs. > Will wait for further comments. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The plant is of course Carduus. Perhaps we have to find out whether it is >> Carduus edelbergii or C. onopordioides. The Indian plant was originally >> known as Carduus nutans, but was latter found to be a distinct species >> Carduus onopordioides (as per Stewart who published a list of Kashmir >> Plants). In later revision of genus Carduus by Kazmi (1964) Carduus >> edelbergii was described occurring in Pakistan. Perhaps some one having >> access to this monograph can help in fixing identity of this plant as well >> as uploaded on FOI by me as C. onopordioides. >> >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear friends, ... ID please. >>> >>> >>> *Place*: Ooty town (~ 2750 ft asl), Tamilnadu >>> *Time*: November 15, 2011 at 5.07pm and November 16, 2011 at 9.28am >>> *Habit*: small erect herb >>> *Habitat*: growing along roadside >>> >>> *Plant*: standing about a metre high, with slender stem, branching from >>> bottom. >>> *Leaf*: spiny, along stem and branches, basal leaves not observed >>> *Flower*: about 10 mm across >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >> >> >> >
