Boraginaceae Week: Cynoglossum glochidiatum Wall. ex Benth. from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Cynoglossum glochidiatum Wall. ex Benth. in Royle, Illustr. Bot. Him. Mount. 306. 1836

syn: Cynoglossum wallichii G. Don

The species is distinct from closely related C. lanceolatum and C. zeylonicum in larger blue flowers 5-6 mm across, leaves ovate-lanceolate covered with bulbous based hairs and nutlets with bristles only along margin, faces nearly naked.

Photographed from Near Tapiana Sahib Gurdwara in Sialkot village near Baramulla in Kashmir

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[ushadi Micromini]

very nice photos
is this with the new set up?

I must tell you as I looked at the third pic it reminded of the very imaginative heads of creatures  drawn by makers of MEN in Black movies...  complete with antenna like projections and eyes at the end of them... i could just wait to see the blue things starting to rotate and the green parts start to talk... I am weird I know, kid at heart even at my age, I  like those movies... art imitating nature...


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[Nidhan Singh]

Very beautiful pics sir,

Thanks for description..

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Regards,

Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
Ph.: 09416371227