$A$ chemistry student trying to detect the metallic ion in a salt,makes a paste on a clean platinum wire loop of the salt with concentrated $HCl$. When he takes a small amount of this paste and keeps it in a non-luminous Bunsen flame,the colour of the flame changes to grassy green. He should,therefore,conclude that the metal is

• A
  Barium
• B
  Calcium
• C
  Potassium
• D
  Strontium