Heracleum canescens Lindl. (Unresolved), Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 232 1835. (Syn: Heracleum cinereum Lindl.; Heracleum hirsutum Edgew.); Perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall, covered with spreading white hairs; leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, leaflets ovate or oblong, covered with white hairs on both surfaces and petiole, margins crenate to serrate, undivided or 3-lobed; flowers white in compound umbels; rays 5-20, up to 8 cm long in fruit, covered with white hairs; calyx teeth small, linear, acute; petals white, outer petals of outermost flowers distinctly larger; fruit elliptic, 8-12 mm long, obovate, retuse at apex. Heracleum canescens Lindl. in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mount. 232. 1835. syn: Heracleum hirsutum Edgew. Perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall, covered with spreading white hairs; leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, leaflets ovate or oblong, covered with white hairs on both surfaces and petiole, margins crenate to serrate, undivided or 3-lobed; flowers white in compound umbels; rays 5-20, up to 8 cm long in fruit, covered with white hairs; calyx teeth small, linear, acute; petals white, outer petals of outermost flowers distinctly larger; fruit elliptic, 8-12 mm long, obovate, retuse at apex. Common along hillside slopes in Chakrata area, photographed in September. Apiaceae Fortnight: Heracleum canescens from Chakrata--GSJUNE24/33 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5) Heracleum canescens Lindl. in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mount. 232. 1835. syn: Heracleum hirsutum Edgew. Perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall, covered with spreading white hairs; leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, leaflets ovate or oblong, covered with white hairs on both surfaces and petiole, margins crenate to serrate, undivided or 3-lobed; flowers white in compound umbels; rays 5-20, up to 8 cm long in fruit, covered with white hairs; calyx teeth small, linear, acute; petals white, outer petals of outermost flowers distinctly larger; fruit elliptic, 8-12 mm long, obovate, retuse at apex. Common along hillside slopes in Chakrata area, photographed in September. Please the identification of the plant shot from Chakrata area.. I hope this is Heracleum canescens... Apiaceae Fortnight (June 2015):: Heracleum canescens for validation from Chakrata:: NS-05/05 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Please suggest if this herb from Chakrata is properly labelled or not... I think this should be Heracleum canescens... This may be same as my 5th upload, sharing separately.. Heracleum canescens ?? References: |
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