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chitralekha P

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Jul 4, 2011, 8:38:25 AM7/4/11

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Please identify the wildly growing annual prostrate herb that is flowering now in Delhi. Flowers are white and small (~0.5 cm across).

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Chitralekha

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 4, 2011, 8:40:11 AM7/4/11

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Trianthema portulacastrum

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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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Jul 5, 2011, 8:18:42 AM7/5/11

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yes its Trianthema portulacastrum

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Satish Phadke

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Jul 6, 2011, 2:41:27 AM7/6/11

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Trianthema portulacastrum
Family : Aizoaceae
I don't know if this character is important or not.
From most of the images of this plant searched on net : Typically the leaf apex is folded in a peculiar way in most instances!
Dr Phadke

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:08 PM, chitralekha P <p_chit...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

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