Saluting every life with a flower each day! Flowers are soul of the planet, blooming to play music with silent notes. Smile at them as they are sweet hearted!! Only the photographs taken by me are uplinked. I lean heavily to http://www.flowersofindia for flower identification and descriptions. Looking forward to valuable comments and suggestions.
Silk leaf or American softhead is an annual herb, growing up to one meter tall. It is native to America. Leaves are opposite, simple, ovate with toothed margin and is silky beneath. Flowers are tiny, white-cream coloured with five petals occur in a composite head. The heads are surrounded by silky leaves, which probably lends it one of its common names. It was familiar to me from my post-graduation days. I still remember, my teacher who familiarised it to me as it was considered a weed in mulberry plantation. I took this photo on 31st August 2011 in the CSRTI, Mysore campus and dedicate it to my teacher.
