I will take care to record detailed pics in next\u00a0encounter, but for sure my plant as well as\u00a0this posted plant has spiny involucre, thus I need\u00a0to reconsider the id…!!<\/p>\n

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\n \n \n \n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid Heads: Serratula pallida from Morni Hills- NS 18<\/a> :\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Attachments<\/span> (6<\/span>).\u00a0<\/span>4 posts by 3 authors.<\/p>\n Please validate the identity of this rough, erect, perennial herb<\/font> shot from Morni Hills in Haryana, also spotted near Kosani..<\/font><\/div>\n I hope this should be Serratula pallida<\/i> DC.<\/p>\n \n <\/b>Very good photographs\u00a0…<\/p>\n \n Taken as Klasea<\/i> pallida<\/i> (DC.) J.Holub, Preslia 70(2): 106 (1998):. 106 1998<\/i>. (Syn: <\/span>Serratula<\/i> pallida<\/i> DC., Prodr. 6:670. 1838 (“1837”)) in view of Download – IAAT<\/font><\/a> (Klasea pallida <\/b>(DC.) Holub as accepted name &<\/font> Serratula<\/i> pallida<\/i> DC. as syn.- Tricholepis raghavendrae<\/i> Saklani & L.B. Chaudhary is conspecific with Serratula pallida<\/i> DC., which is currently treated under Klasea Cass.<\/span>)<\/p>\n \n <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n A reply from another thread<\/font><\/a>:<\/div>\n \n “…, even your plant<\/a> may not be Serratula<\/i>, it could also be some species of Tricholepis<\/i><\/div>\n Serratula does not have spiny involucre, there is a good image in Flora Simlensis.\u00a0“<\/p>\n \n This plant is confusing me for the last 3-4 years. Some of its characteristics are matching with Tricholepis elongata<\/i> (as suggested here by …) and some with Serratula pallida<\/i>. My photographs are more near to recently named species Tricholepis raghavendrae<\/i>, except for flower colour. It is pale in my case but purplish in Tricholepis raghavendrae<\/i>. But all the available literature for this area points towards T. elongata<\/i>. Hope some conclusion will emerge soon. Attaching a paper which may be of some help. http:\/\/sciencepress.mnhn.fr\/sites\/default\/files\/articles\/pdf\/a2003n2a9.pdf<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n \u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Tricholepis elongata submittion<\/a><\/span> : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments<\/span> (6)<\/font><\/span> <\/div>\n \n Tricholepis elongata<\/i><\/div>\n Family – Asteraceae<\/i><\/div>\n Photographed at Kullu District ,Himachal Pradesh<\/font><\/div>\n Altitude – 1200meters<\/font><\/div>\n Dated – 14August 2018<\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n References:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \n\u00a0GCC<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0BSI Flora of India<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal<\/a> \u00a0IIIM<\/a> \n(Specimen) India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tricholepis elongata DC., Prodr. (DC.) 6: 563 1838. (syn: Carduus elongatus Wall. [Invalid]; Cnicus elongatus Wall. ex C.B.Clarke); \u00a0 Fwd: Doubt in the proper identification. : 7 posts by 3 authors. 1 image. This plant is reported from Mandi. Himachal Pradesh. It seems like Cirsium sp. but I am not…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6901],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1348247","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-tricholepis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1348247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1348247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1348247"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1348247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}