This should be Saussurea piptathera only, as Pankaj says. Saussurea piptathera is characterized by oblong leaves which are sharply toothed, hairless above, cottony below, with stem-clasping base. Flower-heads 1/2 inch across, in a crowded dense corymb. - Tabish
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:07 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Pankaj ji & Tanay ji, > Attaching more photos which to me appear of the same plant. > > On 13 November 2010 20:04, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I will not go with Saussurea piptathera because of the fact that this >> plant has a characteristic black outline around the leaf margin which is >> missing in Saussurea piptathera >> Tanay >> >> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Saussurea piptathera ? >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:33 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Wild Herb captured in 2nd week of August’10 during the trek from >>> > Ghangaria >>> > to Hemkunt Sahib. >>> > -- >>> > With regards, >>> > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species >>> > & >>> > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> > alphabetically & place-wise): >>> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >>> > them >>> > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. >>> > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> > Flora, >>> > please visit/ join our Google e-group- >>> > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than >>> > 1420 >>> > members & 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 >>> > species on 30/9/10) >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************** >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>> >>> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>> Research Associate >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>> Department of Habitat Ecology >>> Wildlife Institute of India >>> Post Box # 18 >>> Dehradun - 248001, India >> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> Department of Botany. >> University of British Columbia . >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1420 > members & 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 > species on 30/9/10) > >
