Many thanks to all of you. The relevant page on flowers of india dot net is very informative: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mexican%20Prickly%20Poppy.html
and so is the wikipedia page esp with regards to mustard oil becoming toxic on adulteration with just 1% oil of mexican poppy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argemone_mexicana Regards Dev On 21 March 2011 16:28, Na Bha <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: > I remember to have seen these flowers in plenty in my childhood in Pune. > We used to call it Pivla Dhotra पिवळा धोतरा > Regards > Nalini > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > *To:* tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Dev Kumar <dev.kumar.vasude...@gmail.com> ; > indiantreepix<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Monday, March 21, 2011 11:12 AM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:65259] Request Species id 21032011 DKV-1 > > Yes Tanay, a very common spring weed in Delhi also. > > > -- > 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 Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> *Argemone mexicana *(Mexican Poppy) from the family Papavaraceae >> Tanay >> >> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Dev Kumar < >> dev.kumar.vasude...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> request species id please >>> clicked in Mhow, Dist Indore, MP >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *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 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >> *Webpages:* >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >> >> >> > > >