OK Dr. Taffazull ! Thank you. Saroj Kasaju
On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 4:55 PM taffa...@gmail.com <taffazu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e224205a-dfc5-4c01-a268-9f6d44d6a695n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e224205a-dfc5-4c01-a268-9f6d44d6a695n%40googlegroups.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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