Achyranthes bidentata from Manali
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Gurcharan Singh
Jul 19, 2011, 8:32:07 AM7/19/11
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Achyranthes bidentata Blume, Bijdr. 545 1826.
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
syn: Achyanthes chinensis Osbeck; A. hispida Moq.; A. japonica (Miq.) Nakai; Centrostachys bidentata (Blume) Standl.
A plant of subtropical and temperate climates usually ascending to 2500 m. Differs from tropical weed A. aspera in being sparsely hairy, in thin larger leaves, ovate-lanceolate, 7-15 cm long, apex narrowed and acuminate; spikes slender, much shorter, rarely exceeding 12 cm; staminodes minutely toothed at tip without a fimbriate dorsal scale.
Photographed from Manali in October, 2009.
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
H S
Jul 19, 2011, 9:14:24 AM7/19/11
to Gurcharan Singh, efloraofindia, Flowers of India, Tabish
Yes A. bidentata, it also very common in Western Ghat
regards,
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- H.S.
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