Echinops FOR ID :: Pateshwar, Satara :: 21 SEP 14

[Dinesh Valke]

Pateshwar  ... Satara Date: September 21, 2014 ... Altitude: about 2700 - 3300 ft asl

Echinops ¿ sphaerocephalus ?   Dear friends, This plant standing just about 50 cms or so, found growing on steep slope of hill, covered with semi-evergreen forest, with newly formed flower-heads, which I was assuming to be E. echinatus, is being identified as E. sphaerocephalus as there are no signs of spines on the flower head. I think the flower head is yet very immature to show spines. Please help with your thoughts.

Regards. Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,

Above posted plant is been identified as Echinops sphaerocephalus L. by Nitnem Singh ji, Surendra Singh ji and Gurcharan ji at facebook.

To me, it looks like Maharashtra flora does not have this species listed.

I went through eFI's Echinops echinatus page. While most of the images showed flower heads with spines projecting beyond flowers, those in following posts do not show so:

1. Narendra Joshi ji's post - Satara
2. Prashant's post - Raigad, Pune
3. Pravin Kawale ji's post - Rajgad,Pune
4. Alka Khare ji's post - Saputara

Please validate the above posts for the species echinatus OR sphaerocephalus.

I wish many validating comments are put here.

Regards.

Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Dinesh ji, for the new species.

Yes, I agree with you as per images, references and details at newly created page at Echinops sphaerocephalus

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks to Prashant for resurfacing his post to highlight the new species researched by Sushant More and his team.

Here is Sushant's article about the new species ... Echinops sahyadricus sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Cardueae), from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India ... the article has restricted access.

As pointed earlier in this post, following posts are affected as this new species ...

1. Narendra Joshi ji's post - Satara
2. Prashant's post - Raigad, Pune
3. Pravin Kawale ji's post - Rajgad, Pune
4. Alka Khare ji's post - Saputara

Regards.

Dinesh

[S. More]

Posting By Alka Khare ji comes under Hatgad which is in Maharashtra ( In original Post by Alka Ji she mentions Hatgad is Near Saputara which is Border of Gujarat and Maharashtra )