| Bristly Spurge |
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| Original date | 8/4/11 1:28 PM |
| Resolution | 1000 x 750 |
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| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Euphorbia hispida Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Euphorbia emodi, Chamaesyce emodi, Chamaesyce hispida
Synonyms: Euphorbia emodi, Chamaesyce emodi, Chamaesyce hispida
Bristly Spurge is an annual herb, up to 15 cm.
Stems are prostrate, softly bristly. Leaves are oppositely arranged,
stipules divided into 2 or 3 linear lobes. Leaf-stalks are almost
absent. Leaves are elliptic, both surfaces softly hairy, base obliquely
rounded, margin sharply toothed, tip blunt. Flowers (cyathia) are
single or on short leafy shoots. Involucre is turbinate, hairless;
glands 4, purplish, transversely ovate, appendages (apparent petals)
are white or pink, obtusely 2- or 3-lobed, as wide as gland. Style arms
are shortly 2-lobed. Capsule lobes are sharply keeled, sparsely pilose.
Bristly Spurge is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to NW India,
at altitudes of 700-2700 m. Flowering: June-November.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Botanical Garden, Kashmir University, Kashmir. |