Requesting id 18112010 asp 01 herb

[shivaprakash adavanne]

hello,

Requesting for id of  attached photos, resembles Spilanthes.

Date/Time- 14.11.2010/ 16.30

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Melkote, Mandya district, Karnataka

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- besides agricultural fields

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-   herb

Height/Length- hardly 100 cm in length

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-

Inflorescence Type/ Size-

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

Regard,

a.shivaprakash

[Pankaj Kumar]

Can you please provide a better pic and closeup of the head.
Pankaj

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Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

[Gurcharan Singh]

Resurfacing again for ID

Earlier feedback

Pankaj ji.........................................Can you please provide a better pic and closeup of the head.
-- 
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/ 

[C KUNHIKANNAN]

It is Spilanthus radicans

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Dr. C.Kunhikannan,
Division of Biodiversity,
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
Forest Campus,  R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes, also had Spilanthes in mind, although not familiar with S. radicans. The species is now correctly known as 

Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K.Jansen  in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 69 (1985).

-- 
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/