Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Torilis nodosa from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn., De. Fruct. 1:82. 1788.

Syn: Caucalis nodosa Crantz, Tordylium nodosum Linn.

The species is distinct from T. japonica in umbels lacking peduncles, absence of involucre bracts and straight glochidiate spines on fruit.

Photographed from Pahalgam, Kashmir in June.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Tanay Bose]

Thanks Sir Ji a new plant for me

Tanay

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