Yes Usha di Achillea millefolium, the cultivar perhaps ;Summer Pastels'
-- 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, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com > wrote: > Dear All: I think this is YARROW. > > The leaves and the flower umbelliform remind me of a pink garden > cultivar of Yarrow.... Achillea millefolium.... > a variety is endemic to Himalayas also... Yarrow is a very important > plant in herbal remedies... I have experienced one variety growing in > the grass meadow in NY which had leaves if chewed made cough disappear > and mouth and tongue go numb for about half hour... > Muthuji: do you have closer /better pictures of the leaves... they > tend to be lacy ..in laymen's term... > > Scent is in flowers, stems, and leaves....of Yarrow... > > Regards, Usha di > ============= > > On Apr 28, 3:30 pm, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Please help to identify this plant in a garden at Kotagiri, Nilgiris. > Could > > this be any Apiaceae? > > > > *Date/Time-* > > > > 09-04-2011 / 04:30 PM > > > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* > > > > ca.2000asl; Kotagiri, TN > > > > *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > > > garden > > > > *Plant Habit-* > > herb > > > > *Height/Length-* > > > > 30 - 50 cm long > > > > *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > > > ca.12 x 4 cm > > > > *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* > > > > terminal umbel; 8-10 cm across > > > > *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > > > > 0.5-0.7 cm across > > > > *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * > > > > *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * > > > > -- > > Muthu Karthick, N > > Care Earth Trust > > #15, second main road, > > Thillai ganga nagar, > > Chennai - 600 061 > > Mob: 0091 96268 33911www.careearthtrust.org > > > > G 084.jpg > > 240KViewDownload > > > > G 085.jpg > > 164KViewDownload > > > > G 086.jpg > > 193KViewDownload > > > > G 087.jpg > > 201KViewDownload > > > > G 088.jpg > > 167KViewDownload > > > > G 089.jpg > > 228KViewDownload >
