Very nice pictures Satish ji. On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Acanthospermum hispidum* > Observed in Pune. Growing in open areas around Pune city flowering last 7 > days. > Marathi : Landga लांडगा > Family : Asteraceae > Small annualherb.50cm height.Stem erect. Branches dichotomous covered with > glandular hairs. > Leaves opposite sessile 3-7 cm elliptic obovate attenuate at base hairy. > Flowers sessile solitary axillary. Ray florets with yellow ligulate > corollas. Disc florets yellow tubular 5 lobed. > Involucral bracts-5, oblong lanceolate 5mm margins hairy. > Achenes triangular bristly awned at apex. Most of the features above have > been covered in the attached images. > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- Dr. Satish Kumar Chile
