| Knapweed Saw-Wort |
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| File size | 388946 |
| Original date | 9/18/21 11:44 AM |
| Resolution | 6000 x 4000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 48.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 5.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Shangwua jacea Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Saussurea jacea, Aplotaxis jacea, Theodorea jacea
Synonyms: Saussurea jacea, Aplotaxis jacea, Theodorea jacea
Knapweed Saw-Wort is an erect perennial herb with
numerous overlapping ovate half-clasping leaves, branched above, and
with a lax cluster of few purple flower-heads with prominent
dark-margined involucral bracts. Flower-heads are 1.5-2.3 cm long;
involucre bell-shaped, bracts rigid, adpressed, the outer ovate, blunt
or pointed, the inner longer, lanceshaped. Leaves are 4-7 cm, margin
entire; stem 30-100 cm, woody below. Knapweed Saw-Wort is found in the
Himalayas, from Afghanistan to Kashmir, at altitudes of 2700-3600 m.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: G.S. Rawat | Photographed in Bodhkharbu, Ladakh. |
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