| Bare-Stem Ragwort |
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| Original date | 4/12/14 5:33 PM |
| Resolution | 840 x 630 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 49.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 4.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
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Botanical name: Jacobaea nudicaulis Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Senecio nudicaulis, Senecio esquirolii, Senecio denudatus
Synonyms: Senecio nudicaulis, Senecio esquirolii, Senecio denudatus
Bare-Stem Ragwort is a perennial herb with stems
usually solitary, erect, 30-70 cm tall, simple. Basal leaves are in a
rosette, stalksless, oblong-obovate, 3-18 × 1-6 cm, hairless and
sometimes purplish, pinnately veined, lateral veins 10-14, margin
nearly entire or saw-toothed, tip blunt or rounded. Stem leaves are
few, usually 3-5, stalkless, blade oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 2-4
× 0.5-1.5 cm, base expanded, eared and stem-clasping, margin
saw-toothed to lobulate, tip blunt. Flower-heads are yellow, few to
many in terminal compound corymbs. Stalks are 1-2.5 cm long, sparsely
arachnoid or puberulent, bracteate, with 1-3 linear bracteoles.
Involucres are broadly bell-shaped, 5-6 × 3-6 mm. Ray florets are 13,
yellow, oblong, about 1 cm long, 2-2.5 mm broad, 3-toothed at tip. Disk
florets are many, yellow, about 6 mm. Seed-pods are cylindric, about 2
mm. Pappus is whitish, about 5 mm. Bare-Stem Ragwort is found in
Afghanistan, W. Pakistan, Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, and SW
China, at altitudes of 1100-2300 m. Flowering: March-April.
Medicinal uses: 
Plant extract and leaves are used in colic, fever and on some skin
diseases.
Plant extract and leaves are used in colic, fever and on some skin
diseases.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand. |