| Indian Globe Thistle |
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| File size | 766363 |
| Original date | 12/11/19 3:23 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Echinops echinatus Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Indian Globe Thistle is an erect branched herb about a meter high. It has
short, stout stems, branching from the base, covered with white cottony hair.
Alternately arranged oblong, deeply pinnatifid leaves are 7-12 cm long.
Flower-heads occur in solitary white or bluish spherical balls, 3-5 cm across. Petals
of the tiny white flowers are 5 mm long. Flowers are surrounded by straight,
strong, white bristles.
Flowering: December-January.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in IIT Campus, Jodhpur, Rajasthan & Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
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