| Narrow-Leaf Epaltes |
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| File size | 744068 |
| Original date | 2/6/18 5:56 PM |
| Resolution | 2020 x 1515 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Epaltes divaricata Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Epaltes hirsuta, Epaltes linearifolia, Erigerodes divaricatum
Synonyms: Epaltes hirsuta, Epaltes linearifolia, Erigerodes divaricatum
Narrow-Leaf Epaltes is an erect annual herb with
branchlets winged. Leaves are simple, alternate, lanceshaped to oblong,
3-7 by 0.7-1 cm, base wedge-shaped, decurrent, margin faintly toothed,
tip pointed, leathery. Flower-heads are pink to purple, heterogamous,
disc-like, 1-3 in clusters at branch-ends. Bracts are many seriate,
scarious; florets are pink to purple, outer florets female, inner
bisexual; pappus 0; florets tubular; stamens 5, included . Ovary is
linearly oblong. Seed-pod is is oblong. Narrow-Leaf Epaltes is found in
South India, China, Myanmar, Indonesia and Java. Flowering:
December-February.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Radhapuram, Tirunelveli Dist, Tamil Nadu. |
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