| Long Leaved Lettuce |
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| File size | 65921 |
| Original date | 10/23/09 11:12 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Lactuca dolichophylla Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Lactuca longifolia
Synonyms: Lactuca longifolia
Long Leaved Lettuce is a hairless perennial herb 1-2 m tall. Leaves are
7-15 cm long, very narrow, only 3-10 mm, linear to linear-lanceshaped,
long-pointed, with entire margins. Flower-heads are blue to violet, borne
in a branched cluster at the end of the branches. Flower-heads are 1-1.5
cm long with 12-20 florets. The flower-heads are carried in a cup of
narrow oblong inner bracts and shorter outer bracts. Long Leaved Lettuce
is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to SW China, at altitudes of
1300-3300 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh & Harwan, Kashmir. |
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