Many thanks Gurcharan ji for this upload. Need to look out for this plant too. New to me. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Alternanthera philoxeroides* (Mart.) Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. > Göttingen. 24: 36. 1879. > Syn: *Telanthera philoxeroides* (Mart.) Moq.; *Achyranthes > philoxeroides*(Mart.) Standl.; > *Bucholzia* *philoxeroides* C. Mart. > > Common name: Aligator weed > > Aquatic perennial herb often also growing on wet soils; stems procumbent > to ascending, often swollen; leaves lanceolate to obovate up to 7 cm long, > up to 2 cm broad, apex mucronate; flower heads on long peduncles; bract and > bracteoles half as long as tepals; tepals nearly equal, white, 5-6 mm long; > stamens with filaments connate into a cup pseudostaminodes longer than > stamens, lacerate. > > Photographed from Delhi and Bhimtal > > -- > 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/ > > -- > > --- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
