| Graceful Senecio |
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| File size | 287151 |
| Original date | 8/14/06 1:22 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/203s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Senecio graciliflorus Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Jacobaea graciliflora, Senecio mairei, Senecio pleopterus
Synonyms: Jacobaea graciliflora, Senecio mairei, Senecio pleopterus
Graceful Senecio is an erect perennial plant with stem 2-7 ft. The long narrow
lance-like leaves are rather regularly pinnately lobed. Each leaf had 6-8
pairs of lobes. The lobes are coarsely unequally toothed. The graceful yellow
flower-heads are narrow-cylindrical, 8 mm long. They can be erect or drooping,
and occur in much-branched flat-topped clusters. The "petals" or ray-florets
are 3-5 in number. Graceful Senecio is found in the Himalayas, from
Kashmir to East Himalaya, China South-Central, at altituides of 2000-4100 m.
Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Gajendra Singh | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
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