Thanks a lot Viplav ji. It is good to have one more expert on Cultivated plants to complement Ajinkya ji.
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/ On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:06 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thank you sir for sharing these pictures. It is *Echium plantagineum* for > sure. > > Best wishes, and apologies for the delay in responding ... had gone out > for the weekend and just saw your email. > > Viplav > > El 22 de febrero de 2014, 9:59, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > escribió: > > >> I am attaching more cropped picture focussing leaf base and flower to >> help Viplav ji to identify mine conclusively. >> >> 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/ >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Echium plantagineum* L., Mant. pl. 2:202. 1771 >>> syn: *Echium lycopsis* L.; *E. violaceum* L. >>> >>> >>> Common names: Blue echium, blueweed >>> >>> This plant was uploaded by me, possibly as Echium vulagare, but luckily >>> Tabish ji raised doubt about it. On further discussion with Mr. Anzar from >>> Kahmir University it was finally identified as Echium plantagineum, >>> differentiated by three stamens being very short and included, where as two >>> are longer and exserted. >>> >>> Erect biennial herb up to 60 cm tall, covered with white stiff hairs; >>> basal leaves 4-12 cm long, ovate to oblong, upper smaaler, narrowly >>> lanceolate, covered with appressed hairs; flowers blue in panicles, 12-18 >>> mm long; corolla campanulate, distinctly zygomorphic, sparsely hairy >>> outside; stamens 5, 2 exserted, 3 included; nutlets 4. >>> >>> Photographed from Harwan, Kashmir >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
