| Indian Vernonia |
|
 |
|
| File size | 296862 |
| Original date | 11/30/09 7:57 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
| Focus Distance | |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
 |
 ative |
 |
 |
Photo: |
Botanical name: Acilepis dendigulensis Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Vernonia indica, Decaneurum dendigulense
Synonyms: Vernonia indica, Decaneurum dendigulense
Indian Vernonia is a large herb. 60-80 cm tall with white velvety
branchlets. Alternately arranged, short-stalked leaves are elliptic,
2.5-9 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, with pointed tip and toothed margins. Leaves
are green above and white-woolly beneath. Flower-heads are pink, borne in
panicles. Bracts below the flowers are ovate. Florets are bisexula,
tubular, purple, with 5 stamens. Fruit is an achene, 10-ribbed. Indian
Vernonia is found on the hilly slopes of Peninsular India.
Flowering: December.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed at Harishchandragad, Maharashtra. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,