Category: Cichorieae

Taraxacum candidatum Kirschner, Štěpánek & Klimeš (Afghanistan to S. Xinjiang and W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO) Taraxacum eriopodum (D.Don) DC. (Afghanistan to Mongolia and China (NW. Yunnan) as per POWO) Taraxacum officinale Webb (Images by Ashwini Bhatia, Nidhan Singh, Alka Khare, J.M.Garg (Id Gurcharan Singh), Dinesh Valke, D S Rawat, Alok Mahendroo (Validation by Gurcharan Singh) & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted […]

Sonchus asper (L.) Hill  Sonchus brachyotus DC. ? Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L. – As per efi thread : Perhaps no pair of species has been as confusing for me as distinction between Sonchus oleraceous and S. asper. This confusion has been more so once I started observing specimens in Delhi more closely. Classical distinction between the two […]

Keys in BSI Flora of India: 1a. Leaves with white cartilaginous teeth 2 b. Leaves without white cartilaginous teeth 3 2a. Achenes winged 3. Launaea capitata b. Achenes not winged 6. Launaea procumbens 3a. Leaves spinous margined; heads often solitary 4 b. Leaves not spinous margined; heads solitary or fascicled or in racemose 5 4a. Achenes scaberulous […]

Lapsana communis L.  Lapsana page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Lapsana page (Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by …). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for […]

Keys at Taxonomic novelties of the genus Lactuca L. in Jammu and Kashmir (India): diversity, phenology and distribution by B.L.Bhellum and Bikarma Singh . Lactuca brunoniana (DC.) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke  (Images by J.M.Garg (Id by Prashant Awale & Gurcharan Singh), Nidhan Singh (Validation by Krishan Lal), Balkar Singh & Prashant Awale (Id by Tabish & Gurcharan […]

Cichorium endivia L. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))  Cichorium intybus L. (Wild & Cultivated cultivar) (Images by Gurcharan Singh, D S Rawat, Prashant Awale (Id by Balkar Singh & Gurcharan Singh) & R Kannan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links)) As […]