Yes Surajit ji, very common as a weed. May sometimes be confused with Gomphrena globosa but has alternate leaves (opposite in Gomphrena).
-- 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 Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:42 AM, surajit koley < surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sir, > > This species seems to be the same as in the post - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/Ki1bAafzgGo/discussion. > The post informs the species is *Celosia argentea* var. *spicata*, the > current accepted name of which is *Celosia spicata* Spreng. > > This is a wild herb growing on roadside in Hooghly, recorded yesterday > (25/10/12). > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > --
