*Picris hieracioides* L., Sp. Pl. 2: 792. 1753. syn: *Hedypnois hieracioides* (L.) Hudson
Erect herb up to 120 cm tall covered stiff hooked hairs; leaves alternate narrowly lanceolate, 8-20 cm long, lower petiolate sinuate-toothed, upper sessile, clasping; heads yellow, ligulate, corymbose or paniculate, receptacle naked; involucre bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, covered with blackish hooked hairs, inner longer erect, outer shorter spreading; achenes narrowed at both ends, without beak, brown, pappus feathery. Photographed from Chakrata Budher Caves road at 2400 m alt in September -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
