Gurcharan ji, I think it is an Echium all right, but probably not Echium vulgare. Echium vulgare does not have flower spikes so densely flowered. Also, the stamens in Echium vulgare protrude out, whereas in your flower they remain inside the flower cup. One may compare with the picture of E. vulgare here: http://www.missouriplants.com/Bluealt/Echium_vulgare_page.html - Tabish
On Nov 5, 5:32 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Echium vulgare, Boraginaceae from Kashmir. Grown as cultivated herb in > Harwan Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir. Photographed in June, 2010. > > Common name Blueweed, blue devil. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Echium-vulgare-Kashmir-4.jpg > 190KViewDownload > > Echium-vulgare-Kashmir-1.jpg > 327KViewDownload > > Echium-vulgare-Kashmir-2.jpg > 103KViewDownload > > Echium-vulgare-Kashmir-3.jpg > 134KViewDownload
