| Eared-Leaf Pearly Everlasting |
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| File size | 556570 |
| Original date | 10/4/10 12:53 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/766s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Anaphalis contorta Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Anaphalis tenella
Synonyms: Anaphalis tenella
Eared-Leaf Pearly Everlasting is small herb, usually woody at base, with
erect or prostrate stems, 15-40 cm long, usually branched, branches and
stem usually dense white woolly. Leaves are usually numerous, more often
crowded at base, narrowly linear or oblong, eared at base, pointed. They
are densely woolly on the lower surface, less on the upper side, margins
often curled, 1-3 cm long, 1-5 mm broad. Flower-heads are nearly
spherical, 3-4.5 mm in diameter, arranged in rounded, densely crowded
corymbs. Tiny yellow florets are surrounded by shiny white bracts.
Eared-Leaf Pearly Everlasting is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan
to SW China, at altitudes of 1500-4500 m. Flowering: June-October.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. |