Yes Balkar ji, you are right Cychorium intybus, the leaves are much different and flowers almost sessile in this plant, stems very stiff
-- 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 Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > To mee it looks like Cichorium intybus > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > > > Seen this herb on the way to Srinagar from Sonmarg. > > > > Family: Asteraceae > > Looks like some Lactuca sp.? > > Date/Time: 23-09-2011 / 10:00AM > > Habitat: Wild > > Plant habit: Herb. > > Flower size around 3 cm across. > > > > Regards > > Prashant > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
