| Climbing Senecio |
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| Original date | 10/2/14 9:43 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/30s |
| Aperture | 3.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Senecio scandens Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Senecio chinensis, Senecio confusus, Cineraria chinensis
Synonyms: Senecio chinensis, Senecio confusus, Cineraria chinensis
Climbing Senecio is climber with zig-zag, grooved
branches, with arrow-shaped long-pointed leaves, and with many lax,
domed branched clusters of bright yellow flower-heads at branch ends
and on branch sides. lower-heads are about 8 mm long, with few ray
florets, about 5 mm. Involucral bracts are linear-oblong, pointed,
nearly hairless. Leaf margins are entire or coarsely toothed. Leaves
are stalked. 7.5-10 cm long. The climber is up to 4 m long. Climbing
Senecio is found in the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to Bhutan and
Burma, at altitudes of 1800-3600 m. Flowering: September-December.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in the Great Hinalayan National Park, HImachal Pradesh. |
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