Dear Saroj ji, Thanks for the suggestion I think ID is very plausible. FOC mentions pistillate florets and glands Request opinion from experts in the field. Regards Taffazull
On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 3:53:27 PM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kasaju wrote: > Please check *Artemisia tournefortiana *Rchb. ! > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 3:38 PM J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Taffazull ji >> >> On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 at 15:22, taffa...@gmail.com <taffa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Tabish ji, >>> Thanks for the suggestion. >>> Leaves are very similar but the following features are puzzling when >>> when I do an image search for* Ambrosia artemisiifolia* on Google >>> 1. Stems are nowhere as hairy as in google images. >>> 2.In google images the capitula all point downwards but in my plant they >>> all point upwards.(Please see attached photo) >>> 3.In my plant the florets are of two distinct types. Outer florets with >>> thick white bifid styles projecting out forming a white ring. I could not >>> see such projecting bifid styles in outer florets on google images.( Please >>> see my photos in previous posts). >>> 4.Inflorescence seems to be of a different type from that in google >>> images, >>> 5.Some Google images show deep yellow flowers(Hence the name ragweed ) >>> but I have never seen this weed with such yellow flowers. If I ever see it >>> I will post the photos here. >>> Gurcharan ji has posted *A.artemisiifolia* from Canada in October 2019 >>> on EFI so he could kindly shed more light on this. >>> Regards >>> Taffazull >>> >>> On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 9:14:37 AM UTC+5:30 Tabish wrote: >>> >>>> This looks like *Ambrosia artemisiifolia*, a naturalized species in >>>> India. >>>> Tabish >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >>>> The waterhole of flower lovers >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 10:33 AM J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>> From: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: Fri, 22 Sept 2023 at 17:11 >>>>> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:454691] Kindly help ID this Asteraceae >>>>> member from Srinagar >>>>> To: efloraofindia <indian...@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Cc: TAFA <taffa...@gmail.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>>>> >>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>>> Could it be *Artemisia indica *? >>>>> On crushing the leaves I found them to be aromatic though they they do >>>>> not smell as strongly as wormwood also a common weed here. >>>>> Also unlike wormwood ( *A.absinthium*) it is an annual and the leaves >>>>> too are not bitter in taste. >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Taffazull >>>>> In my previous post I had wrongly written that there are only disc >>>>> florets. I have since come upon a paper regarding closely related >>>>> *A.annua*: >>>>> *Floral Morphology and Floral Sequence in Artemesia annua*(2014) >>>>> Hazel.Y.Wetzstein *et al *Amer.Jr.Bot *101* (5) 875-885. >>>>> According to this paper outer florets are pistillate ray florets. So >>>>> the florets with thick styles are ray florets. Inner disc florets are >>>>> hermaphroditic I could also not see anthers. According to this paper the >>>>> anthers fuse and form a tube around the style(not visible from >>>>> outside).The >>>>> paper also mentions presence of glandular trichomes on corolla and other >>>>> parts which produce artemisinin a critical antimalarial drug. I could >>>>> also >>>>> see these glands (see photos). >>>>> If this species also produces artemisinin then it is of great economic >>>>> importance. It would be nice if the Indian Institute of Integrative >>>>> Medicine situated very near Rawathpora and the Botany Dept Of Kashmir >>>>> University make an intensive study of this interesting plant which if >>>>> exploited could be of great economic value as malaria is widespread in >>>>> India and hence there is demand for the antimalarial drug. >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Taffazull >>>>> I think looks different from images at >>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2015/01/13/artemisia-indica/ >>>>> Also could not find a match as per comparative images at >>>>> >>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/07/artemisia/- from me >>>>> >>>>> One more photo: >>>>> Magnified view of a Capitulum. Thick bifid styles of outer ( >>>>> Pistillate, Ray florets?) are prominent. Styles of inner ( hermaphrodite >>>>> disc florets?) not prominent. >>>>> Photo taken today only on 18th September >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Taffazull >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>> From: taffa...@gmail.com <taffa...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: Sat, 9 Sept 2023 at 15:31 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:454691] Kindly help ID this Asteraceae member >>>>> from Srinagar >>>>> To: eFloraofIndia <indian...@googlegroups.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear members, >>>>> Am attaching photos of a weed that is common here. Request help in >>>>> its identification. >>>>> Habitat : Wild. Growing in a field in Rawathpora Srinagar. >>>>> Habit: Herb 1-2 m high. Inflorescence seems to be a capitulum (2mm >>>>> dia)with only disc florets. Tiny white bifid styles project outwards >>>>> and may serve to attract insects. Leaves very dissected and ferny. >>>>> Photos >>>>> taken on 8 and 9 September. >>>>> All photos in this and my other posts are under CC-License(Attribution >>>>> only needed) >>>>> Regards >>>>> Taffazull >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6e5c46cc-678f-4c0c-bf6f-44b3b0ab853an%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6e5c46cc-678f-4c0c-bf6f-44b3b0ab853an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/18310023-5c6c-4066-bc4c-384ed517c230n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/18310023-5c6c-4066-bc4c-384ed517c230n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "eFloraofIndia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBZO2pd8f85ysZr7G%2B6ZVyd721Qb8tP_EpxQEc_TXNfnA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBZO2pd8f85ysZr7G%2B6ZVyd721Qb8tP_EpxQEc_TXNfnA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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