| Lavender-Leaved Senecio |
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| Original date | 12/9/17 3:37 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 18.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 600D |
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Botanical name: Senecio lavandulifolius Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Senecio lavandulaefolius DC. in Wight, Pseudojacobaea lavandulaefolius
Synonyms: Senecio lavandulaefolius DC. in Wight, Pseudojacobaea lavandulaefolius
Lavender-Leaved Senecio is an erect, bristly,
unbranched herb. Leaves are alternate, oblong to broad-lanceshaped, to
3 x 1 cm, base wedge-shaped, margin strongly reflexed, tip pointed,
bristly-hairy, closely overlapping, at an pointed angle to the stem,
fluffy below. Corymbs at branch-ends, compact, 5 cm wide. Flower-heads
have both male and female flowers, radiate, 2.5 cm wide, about 10 to
the corymb, flower-cluster-stalk up to 4 cm. Involucre is bell-shaped,
calyculate; receptacle flat, 4 mm wide. Phyllaries are linear-oblong,
6.5 mm. Ray florets are 1.2 cm; ligule 4-nerved, 3-fid. Achene are 2
mm. Disk florets are 7 mm, 1 mm wide, tube 4.5 mm; lobes 5. Stamens 5.
Achene are linear, 1.5 mm. Lavender-Leaved Senecio is found in SW
Ghats: Kerala, Tamilnadu. Flowering: Feburary-June.
| Identification credit: S. Jeevith | Photographed in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
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