| Fir-Leaved Celery |
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| File size | 207845 |
| Original date | 10/24/12 3:15 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/30s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cyclospermum leptophyllum Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Synonyms: Pimpinella leptophylla, Apium tenuifolium, Cyclospermum ammi, Apium leptophyllum
Synonyms: Pimpinella leptophylla, Apium tenuifolium, Cyclospermum ammi, Apium leptophyllum
Fir-Leaved Celery is an annual herb, diffusely branching, 5-60 cm tall.
Leaves are oblong-ovate in outline, 3.5-10 cm long, 3.5-8 cm wide,
multiply-divided into threadlike segments 1.5-7 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide.
Leaves are carried on stalks 2.5-11 cm long. White flowers are borne in
compound umbels or some simple, umbels 15-20-flowered, 1.5–2.5 cm across.
Involucre and
involucel are lacking. Rays are up to 2 cm long. Fruit is ovoid, 1.2-3 mm
long, 1.5-2 mm broad, with 2 ribbed segments.
Fir-Leaved Celery is a pantropic weed, even found in Western Himalaya. It
is original from South America.
| Identification credit: Amit Kumar | Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand & FRI, Dehradun. |
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