There are not 7 but 15 flower like structures with red centers in photoCLOSEUP 2.If each of these is a capitulum then it should qualify in records as the smallest capitulum! Regards Taffazull
On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 5:12:10 PM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com wrote: > Dear Saroj Ji, > Thanks for the suggestion, > The inflorescences looks like a capitula but I can make out neither ray > florets nor disc florets. > Just a red dot in the center. > Maybe the tiny tepal looking structures are ray florets > Would request opinion of experts for its ID > With regards > Taffazull > > > On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 1:33:14 PM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kasaju wrote: > >> Asteraceae?? >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 1:46 PM taffa...@gmail.com <taffa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear members, >>> Kindly help ID this herb with a peculiar inflorescence. >>> Habitat: Edge of lawn in Rawathpora Srinagar >>> Habit: Herb. There is a rosette of basal leaves 15-18 cm long, >>> lanceolate with winged petioles. Inflorescences borne on 18-20 cm long >>> erect branches at the end of 10cm long pedicels., Inflorescence has an >>> involucre of two whorls of bracts. Outer whorl has six dark green bracts >>> 1cm long and 4mm wide. Inner whorl has about 8 light green bracts 2mm wide. >>> The striking thing about the inflorescence is that it has 7 pentagonal >>> flowers 1 mm dia with a red spot in center, Anthers are not visible. The >>> red spot could be the stigma. Flowers have transparent colorless tepals (?) >>> about 0.2mm long (Seen more clearly in photos of LS (Longitudinal sections) >>> of inflorescences. >>> All photos taken on 25th or 26th of July >>> All photos under CC-BY license(Only Attribution needed) >>> Regards >>> Taffazull >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/a534fce6-bd6f-4a57-980b-3fceb80de21en%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/a534fce6-bd6f-4a57-980b-3fceb80de21en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1c6e6344-2eb0-410d-a73a-834331c489c9n%40googlegroups.com.
