| Broad Leaved Cudweed |
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| Original date | 6/24/10 3:58 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
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| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Filago pyramidata Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Filago spathulata, Gnaphalium pyramidatum
Synonyms: Filago spathulata, Gnaphalium pyramidatum
Broad Leaved Cudweed is an annual herb, 5-30 cm tall, with erect primary
stem of variable length and divergent branches, usually overtopping the
main stem. Leaves are oblong-spoonshaped. Flower-heads are about 8-16,
borne in dense, nearly round glomerules, 0.9-1.2 cm in diameter. Involucre
is 6 mm long, in the upper half pyramidate and distinctly 5-angled.
phyllaries are 5-seriate, lanceshaped, outer and median carinate, lanate
on back, ending in a divergent yellowish arista 1-1.5 mm long. Outer
threadlike, female florets without pappus in the axils of the phyllaries,
in the centre 5-6 bisexual florets and a varying number of female ones.
Cypselas 0.7-1 mm, smooth or thinly papillose, olive brown; pappus in the
central florets c. 3 mm long, setae 12-16. Flowering:February-September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Baramula, Kashmir. |
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