Annual herb, ca. 30 cm tall, stem white, shiny and glabrous. Leaves are distantly pinnatisect with 4 pairs of linear lobes or leafletts that are toothed at the margin and acute.
Capitula have 5-6-seriate involucre, phyllaries are scarious with glands on outer surface.
Single flower present in middle of capitula
Cypselas Solitary, oblong, c. 5 mm long, without ribs, entirely covered with white hairs, carpopodium circular, blackened at the base.
Pappus dark brown to blackish brown, persistent, silky, 5-seriate, outer 1 - 4 series silky, innermost plumose.
I am able to find the name of the plant. It is Crupina vulgaris Pers. ex Cass. (Compositae, tribe Cardueae) and also reported from Kashmir and Fl. of India (vol. . 12:177. 1995) also reports its occurence in Gujrat.
Thanks Suresh K. Malhotra for adding an answer.
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