Garden herb from Ooty for ID 030211MK3

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Muthu Karthick

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Feb 3, 2011, 5:15:09 AM2/3/11
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Dear all,
Please help to id this herb found in a private garden at Ooty town, Nilgiris.

Date/Time- 

24-01-2011 / 11:20 AM

Location- Place, Altitude, GP

ca.2200asl; Ooty, TN

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- 

garden, planted

Plant Habit-

herb

Height/Length- 

ca. 0.5 M

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 

10 x 5 cm; dissected

Inflorescence Type/ Size- 

 axillary

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- 

 yellow; c 5cm across

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- 

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- 


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Muthu Karthick, N
Care Earth Trust
#15, second main road,
Thillai ganga nagar,
Chennai - 600 061
Mob: 09626833911
www.careearthtrust.org

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Pankaj Kumar

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Feb 3, 2011, 5:25:31 AM2/3/11
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Escholtzia californica, Californian Poppy.
Pankaj

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Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
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Dehradun - 248001, India

Muthu Karthick

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Feb 3, 2011, 5:32:49 AM2/3/11
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Many thanks for the identification sir.

tanay bose

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Feb 3, 2011, 8:15:37 AM2/3/11
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Escholtzia californica very  common garden plant in summer around west of America
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Tanay Bose
Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
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Gurcharan Singh

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Feb 3, 2011, 9:49:06 AM2/3/11
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Again same mistake it should be Eschscholzia californica
sch twice and no t


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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Pankaj Kumar

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Feb 3, 2011, 10:10:03 AM2/3/11
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Thanks for correcting. Actually I was knowing but then I thought I was
wrong so I overlooked.
Regards
Pankaj

Muthu Karthick

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Feb 4, 2011, 3:18:02 AM2/4/11
to Pankaj Kumar, Gurcharan Singh, tanay bose, indiantreepix
yes, Eschscholzia californica Cham. of Papaveraceae.
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