| Large Bluntleaf Inula |
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| Original date | 6/30/12 10:53 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Inula clarkei Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Inula obtusifolia var. clarkei
Synonyms: Inula obtusifolia var. clarkei
Large Bluntleaf Inula is a perennial herb, 15-35 cm
tall, visually similar to
Bluntleaf Inula, but with larger
flower-heads and more slender ray-florets. Flower-heads are borne
singly at branch-ends, about 2.5-4 cm in diameter, as opposed to
1.3-3.5 cm flower-heads of
Bluntleaf Inula. Involucral bracts
are green, hairy, velvet-hairy, in 4-5 series; outer herbaceous,
lanceshaped, pointed, 8-15 x 2-3 mm; inner membranous, tapering,
linear-lanceshaped, pointed, rigid, velvet-hairy. Ray-florets are about
1.5-2.8 cm long, disc-florets about 7-9 mm long. Cypselae 2-3 mm,
oblong, yellowish-brown, dense silky, silky with 10-12 ribs. Stem is
white, woolly, branched from base. Leaves are 3-5 x 1-2 cm, rigid,
woolly, oblong or ovate-elliptic, stem-clasping at base; margin
sometimes obscurely toothed. Pappus is 6-7 mm long, uniseriate,
bristles 20-24, golden yellow. Large Bluntleaf Inula is found in Jammu
& Kashmir and Pakistan, at altitudes of 2400-3500 m. Flowering:
June-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Ladakh. |
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