Centaurea cyanus indeed Gurcharan Ji upladed this plant from Kashmir 1 month ago !! tanay
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:33 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: > It is cornflower *Centaurea cyanus*. It used to grow along with corn > poppy *Papaver rhoeas* in the grainfields before extensive use of herbicides > was made. Even now, sometimes one sees these two flowers together along the > roadside, also a popular motive in aquarelles. > The botanical name comes from the centaur (Centaurea) Chiron, is said to > have healed with the cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) a wound at the foot of > the hero Achilles > Attaching a foto of Flockenblume *(Centaurea) * from my garden, taken in > Juni 2010 > regards > nalini > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Farida Abraham <fa.abra...@gmail.com> > *To:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:13 PM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:44854] flower for ID190810MN > > common name cornflower/ comes in shades of blue, mauve and pink. FA > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Common garden plant, Centaurea cyanus. >> >> >> -- >> 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 Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:03 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> Sending a photo of the flower. >>> Kindly identify. >>> >>> Date/Time: June 2009 2.00 p.m >>> Location: Pahalgam, Kashmir >>> Habitat: Cultivated in a garden >>> Plant Habit: herb >>> Fruits - Not seen >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mani Nair >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Mrs. F. Abraham. > Principal, > La Martiniere Girls' College, > Lucknow 226001. > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
