I have one species from Spiti valley which looks close to this. Will share separately.
Dr Satish Phadke On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Descurainia sophia* (L.) Webb ex Prantl, H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. > Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2):192. 1891 > Syn: *Sisymbrium sophia* L. > > Common names: flixweed, herb-Sophia, tansy mustard > Hindi: Khubkallana > > A very distinctive annual herb reaching 1 m tall with leaves 2-3 > pinnatisect into linear segments; lower leaves stalked, upper sessile; > flowers yellow, hardly 2-3 mm across, in up to 30 cm long racemes (in > fruit) with usually more than 50 flowers; pedicel filiform, up to 1.5 cm in > fruit; sepals about 2 mm long, petals slightly longer; fruit narrowly > linear, up to 3 cm long, obscurely torulose. > > Very common in Kashmir valley, found on road sides and wastelands. > Photographed from Badam Vari, Srinagar, Kashmir > > Seeds are given in desentery and calculus complaints, some times also as > substitute for mustard and plant preparations used to eradicate > worms(according to Flora of China). > > -- > 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/ > > -- > > > > --
