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For example, tiny url of: http://www.visoflora.com/photos-nature/echium-vulgare-blue-bedder-borraginacees.html?xtref=http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.visoflora.com/images/original/echium-vulgare-blue-bedder-borraginacees-visoflora-7468.jpg$imgrefurl=http://www.visoflora.com/photos-nature/echium-vulgare-blue-bedder-borraginacees.html$usg=__qVCk0sVLlovrT31-CKgG_7mwWqw=$h=768$w=1024$sz=212$hl=en$start=39$sig2=TBhZrjqjyWkuIH7Y7i6Y3w$zoom=1$tbnid=IyHtuhTF8ZwqwM:$tbnh=162$tbnw=221$ei=zFbUTKq_J4n4swP1yr2NCw$prev=/images%3Fq%3DEchium%2Bvulgare%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS358%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D681%26tbs%3Disch:10,1133$um=1$itbs=1$iact=hc$vpx=560$vpy=398$dur=78$hovh=194$hovw=259$tx=105$ty=137$oei=8VTUTIyIKJLSsAPK3cyQCw$esq=3$page=3$ndsp=20$ved=1t:429,r:17,s:39$biw=1280$bih=681 is http://tinyurl.com/39uhk6x This was just to help and not to criticize. Regards Pankaj On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Tabish ji > I have tried to match with other species, but perhaps E. vulgare is the > closest match. According to eFlora of China stamens are of different length > (can be seen in my photograph) and often exserted. I think this should be > the closest match till we find a best fit. Here are some images which match > with mine: > http://www.backyardgardener.com/seeds/product08/6256.html > http://www.visoflora.com/photos-nature/echium-vulgare-blue-bedder-borraginacees.html?xtref=http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.visoflora.com/images/original/echium-vulgare-blue-bedder-borraginacees-visoflora-7468.jpg$imgrefurl=http://www.visoflora.com/photos-nature/echium-vulgare-blue-bedder-borraginacees.html$usg=__qVCk0sVLlovrT31-CKgG_7mwWqw=$h=768$w=1024$sz=212$hl=en$start=39$sig2=TBhZrjqjyWkuIH7Y7i6Y3w$zoom=1$tbnid=IyHtuhTF8ZwqwM:$tbnh=162$tbnw=221$ei=zFbUTKq_J4n4swP1yr2NCw$prev=/images%3Fq%3DEchium%2Bvulgare%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS358%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D681%26tbs%3Disch:10,1133$um=1$itbs=1$iact=hc$vpx=560$vpy=398$dur=78$hovh=194$hovw=259$tx=105$ty=137$oei=8VTUTIyIKJLSsAPK3cyQCw$esq=3$page=3$ndsp=20$ved=1t:429,r:17,s:39$biw=1280$bih=681 > http://patientgardener.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/echium-vulgare/ > http://www.cuadernosdigitalesvindel.com/fotografias/fotos.php?pg=4 > http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/carth.asp?species=Echium%20plantagineum%20Blue%20Bedder%20Dwarf&sref=28403 > > > -- > 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 Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India

