| Cutleaf Lavender |
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| File size | 510437 |
| Original date | 9/14/13 11:38 AM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1350 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/2000s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lavandula gibsonii Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Lavandula lawii, Lavandula perrottetii
Synonyms: Lavandula lawii, Lavandula perrottetii
Cutleaf Lavender is an erect annual herb 2-3 ft
tall. The species name commemorates collector L.F. Gibson. Stem is
quadrangular, leafy, densely hairy. Oppositely arranged ovate leaves
are 3-15 cm long, deeply pinnately cut into broad oblong, toothed
lobes. Lower leaves are long-stalked, upper ones stalkless. Flowers are
borne in a densely hairy spike at the top of the stem, 2-5 cm long.
Flowers are stalkless, blue, 1 cm across, 2-lipped. Upper lip is 3 mm,
with 2 short blunt lobes, lower lip 3-lobed, mid-lobe broader and
longer. Bracts are long-pointed, 6-8 mm long, velvet-hairy. Cutleaf
Lavender is found in Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed in Panchgani, Maharashtra. |
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