| Mountain Lucas |
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| File size | 533749 |
| Original date | 12/6/20 9:25 AM |
| Resolution | 5472 x 3648 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 19.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ2500 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Leucas montana Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Leucas hamiltoniana, Phlomis montana
Synonyms: Leucas hamiltoniana, Phlomis montana
Mountain Lucas is a perennial or woody herb, with
branches covered by silky velvety-hairs. Flowers are borne in
15-20-flowered whorls. Flowers are white, tube ringed inside. Sepal cup
is silky-hairy, with a mouth which is not unequal, and very short erect
teeth. Leaves are ovate, toothed to rounded toothed, wrinkled, green
above and velvet-hairy, but covered with white wool beneath. Leaves are
rounded-flat o broadly heart-shaped at base. Branches rise up from a
woody base. Mountain Lucas is found in the Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed on Kas Waghali Road, Maharashtra. |
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