This species in Pantnagar has less lobation in lamina. DSRawat Pantnagar On Sunday, July 7, 2013 9:08:04 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Lactuca serriola* L., Cent. pl. II:29. 1756 (Amoen. acad. 4:328. 1759) > syn: *Lactuca scariola* L.; *Lactuca augustana* All. > > Common name: Prickly lettuce > > Tall prickly herb reaching 1.5 m, branched, prickly towards base; leaves > sessile, pinnatifid with toothed segmrnts pointing downwards, prickly on > midrib and nerves beneath, upper leaves stem-clasping with arrow-shaped > base; heads yellow, 9-12 mm in diam., in long panicles with spreading > branches; involucre bracts oblong; achene brown nearly 3 mm long with > slender almost as long longer beak, pappus hairs white. > > Very common in Kashmir valley in wastelands, borders of fields and road > sides , photographed from Balgarden and University Campus in August. > > -- > 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/ >
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