| Leafy Creeping Aster |
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| File size | 148407 |
| Original date | 7/31/11 3:59 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 18.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L120 |
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Botanical name: Aster falconeri Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Aster diplostephioides var. falconeri
Synonyms: Aster diplostephioides var. falconeri
Leafy Creeping Aster is an unmistakable flower with large
solitary flower-heads up to 8 cm across. It is somewhat similar to the
Creeping Aster, but with densely
leafy stem, 15-35 cm, and very numerous spreading bluish ray-florets
with white bases and 3-toothed at the tips, up to 3.5 cm long.
Involucral bracts are green, linear-lanceshaped about 1.5 crn. Basal
leaves are mostly oblong-lanceshaped, distantly toothed, narrowed to
the base, up to 15 cm, mostly shrivelled at flowering. Upper leaves are
smaller, somewhat stem-clasping at the base. Leafy Creeping Aster is found
in W-Himalaya, Kashmir, Poonch, and Pakistani Kashmir, at altitudes of
3000-4200 m. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Alok Mahendroo | Photographed in Pangi Valley, Himachal Pradesh. |
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