Some flowers from SGNP, Mumbai

[kiran srivastava]

Request id/confirmation of the the attached flowers found in an open grassy patch in Yevoor, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai:

 

#1060988 - Is this Sphaeranthus indicus?

#1060976 - Some kind of Blepharis sps.? Growing just a couple of inches of the ground.

 

Cheers,

Kiran Srivastava

Mumbai

 

[Neil Soares]

Hi Kiran,  They are: 1.Hill Blepharis [Blepharis asperrima]. 2.East Indian Globe Thistle [Sphaeranthus indicus].                     With regards,                       Neil Soares. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, kiran srivastava <srivas...@gmail.com> wrote:

[satish phadke]

Hi Kiran.
Nice pictures. Sorry to suggest one thing.
Please try to send only one species/plant per each email as Mr Garg is always insisting because it is useful in linking.
More number of mails don't matter.
As after some months if one wants to search a particular plant and the name is typed in the search window only those mails with that plant should open and it facilitates good search.
Thanks. Keep posting your lovely pictures.
Satish

2009/1/13 Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com>

Hi Kiran,  They are: 1.Hill Blepharis [Blepharis asperrima]. 2.East Indian Globe Thistle [Sphaeranthus indicus].                     With regards,

Neil Soares. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, kiran srivastava <srivastava.jo@gmail.com> wrote:

From: kiran srivastava <srivastava.jo@gmail.com> Subject: [indiantreepix:7531] Some flowers from SGNP, Mumbai To: indian...@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 8:49 AM Request id/confirmation of the the attached flowers found in an open grassy patch in Yevoor, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai:   #1060988 - Is this Sphaeranthus indicus? #1060976 - Some kind of Blepharis sps.? Growing just a couple of inches of the ground.   Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai

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[J.M. Garg]

Links for Sphaeranthus indicus (East Indian globe thistle, Indian sphaeranthus, Mundi, Gorkhmundi): http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3031231865/ (Dinesh ji's link with ver. names), http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/sphaeranthus.html (details with a pic.), http://www.herbalcureindia.com/herbs/sphaeranthus-indicus.htm (details with medicinal use).

2009/1/13 J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Thanks, Neil ji.

Links for Cynarospermum asperrimum syn. Blepharis asperrima (Hill Blepharis • Hindi: Akada • Marathi: दिकणा Dikna): http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hill%20Blepharis.html (a picture with desc. from flowersofindia website), http://www.superstock.co.uk/stock-photos-images/1566-332762 (a picture).

2009/1/13 satish phadke <phadke...@gmail.com>

Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1
For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en

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J.M.Garg
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[J.M. Garg]

Here are some querries from Kiran ji in another mail (linking here as thread was broken):

"Neil,
 
Hill Blepharis flower looks different and is smaller than this one at Yevoor thus my doubt! In fact, few flowers of Hill Blepharis were also seen in the same patch.
 
Cheers,
kiran
Mumbai"

I will agree with Neil ji Id after going through the links provided above & after going throgh Srikant ji's book.

2009/1/13 J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Neil ji.

Links for Cynarospermum asperrimum syn. Blepharis asperrima (Hill Blepharis • Hindi: Akada • Marathi: दिकणा Dikna): http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hill%20Blepharis.html (a picture with desc. from flowersofindia website), http://www.superstock.co.uk/stock-photos-images/1566-332762 (a picture).

2009/1/13 satish phadke <phadke...@gmail.com>

Hi Kiran.

[Rajesh Sachdev]

Hi Kiran, i also came across same flowers in most of parts of Mumbai Wildlife Region. Phansad, Tungareshwar, Yeoor or SGNP.....all across.

www.rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.com

[Pankaj Oudhia]

Some more links, Garg ji.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&pwst=1&q=+site:www.botanical.com+oudhia+sphaeranthus

http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=17035&entityType=PL****&entityDisplayCategory=eArticles


Pankaj Oudhia