Ushadi, you really have a keen eye Perhaps an odd flower has six petals. Most have five.
-- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Again new for me. Thanks for the Post Sir > > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:48 AM, ushadi Micromini < > microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> very pretty color.. >> but is it supposed to have six petals... >> >> aren't the flowers of Boraginaceae five petalled? >> exceptions , I guess. >> Usha di >> ===== >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> *Anchusa capensis* Thunb., Prodr. pl. cap. 34. 1794 >>> >>> Common names: annual anchusa, Cape alkanet, Cape bugloss, >>> Cape-forget-me-not, summer-forget-me-not >>> >>> Much branched erect plant growing to 1 m in flowers with rough linear >>> leaves and blue flowers having white scales in throat. Commonly cultivated >>> in gardens in Kashmir. Photographed from Hazuri Bagh (Iqbal Garden), >>> Srinagar, Kashmir. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
