Kalatope id al150811

[Alok Mahendroo]

Dear friends,
In case I forget the local species.. here are a few I forgot to share..

Location Kalatope, Chamba
Altitude 1800 mts
Habit herb
Habitat deserted graveyard.. (maybe wild)
Height 18 inches
leaves spiny.. can hardly make out in the photo..

regards
Alok
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Himalayan Village Education Trust
Village Khudgot,
P.O. Dalhousie
District Chamba
H.P. 176304, India

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[Alok Mahendroo]

[Gurcharan Singh]

Perhaps Helenium autumnale cultivar

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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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[amit chauhan]

Looks like Cosmos sulphureus ? but need more experts advise

regards

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Dr. Amit Chauhan
Junior Technical Assistant
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre,
Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar,
Uttarakhand 263149
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[Balkar Arya]

I think Cosmos is a different plant

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Alok Mahendroo]

I think you're probably right on that account Balkar ji... here is
another photo where I tried to bring out the shape of the leaves... the
one's foremost in the pic... hope it is of some help...
regards
Alok

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

This cant be Cosmos!!
Pankaj

On Aug 16, 9:57 pm, Alok Mahendroo <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you're probably right on that account Balkar ji... here is
> another photo where I tried to bring out the shape of the leaves... the
> one's foremost in the pic... hope it is of some help...
> regards
> Alok
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> On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 20:18 +0530, Balkar Arya wrote:
> > I think Cosmos is a different plant
>

> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:31 AM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com>

> > wrote:
> >         Looks like Cosmos sulphureus ? but need more experts advise
>
> >         regards
>

> >         On 8/15/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >         > Perhaps Helenium autumnale cultivar
>
> >         > --
> >         > 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/
>
> >         > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Alok Mahendroo

> >         > <alokisabe...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> >         >> Dear friends,
> >         >> In case I forget the local species.. here are a few I
> >         forgot to share..
>
> >         >> Location Kalatope, Chamba
> >         >> Altitude 1800 mts
> >         >> Habit herb
> >         >> Habitat deserted graveyard.. (maybe wild)
> >         >> Height 18 inches
> >         >> leaves spiny.. can hardly make out in the photo..
>
> >         >> regards
> >         >> Alok
> >         >> --
> >         >> Himalayan Village Education Trust
> >         >> Village Khudgot,
> >         >> P.O. Dalhousie
> >         >> District Chamba
> >         >> H.P. 176304, India
>
> >         >>www.hivetrust.wordpress.com
> >         >>www.forwildlife.wordpress.com
>

> >        http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new...

>
> >         --
> >         Dr. Amit Chauhan
> >         Junior Technical Assistant
> >         Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research
> >         Centre,
> >         Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar,
> >         Uttarakhand 263149
> >         ph.05944 234445
> >         mob.+919412161087

> >         mail: amitci...@gmail.com
> >         amitci...@rediffmail.com
> >         amit.chau...@cimap.res.in

>
> > --
> > Regards
>
> > Dr Balkar Singh
> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> > Arya P G College, Panipat
> > Haryana-132103
> > 09416262964
>
> --
> Himalayan Village Education Trust
> Village Khudgot,
> P.O. Dalhousie
> District Chamba
> H.P. 176304, India
>

> www.hivetrust.wordpress.comwww.forwildlife.wordpress.comhttp://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new...
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[Na Bha]

wonder if it could be some Gaillardia e.g. Gaillardia aristata? Kokardenblume (german)

Nalini

[Alok Mahendroo]

Dear friends
Could this be Coreopsis tinctoria...

regards
Alok
On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 20:18 +0530, Balkar Arya wrote:

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Alok ji

You have got it finally. 

-- 
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/ 

[Alok Mahendroo]

Thank you sir,
But I'll pass on the credit... It was another Botanist from J&K Univ who
pointed me in the right direction....
regards
Alok