| Oak-Leaf Goosefoot |
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| File size | 337096 |
| Original date | 6/28/12 10:39 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 31.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Oxybasis glauca Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family)
Synonyms: Chenopodium glaucum, Botrys glaucus, Orthospermum glaucum
Synonyms: Chenopodium glaucum, Botrys glaucus, Orthospermum glaucum
Oak-Leaf Goosefoot is an annual herb, 20-40 cm tall,
with stem prostrate and rising up, green or purple-red striped, ribbed.
Leaf-stalks are 5-10 mm; leaf blade oblong-ovate to lanceshaped, 2-4 x
0.6-2 cm, fleshy, below gray-white powdery, sometimes slightly reddish
purple, above hairless, base narrowed, margin irregularly jagged to
toothed, tip pointed or blunt; midvein prominent, yellow-green. Flowers
are tiny, bisexual and female, usually several per glomerule, arranged
on branches in spikes or panicles, these shorter than leaves and
interrupted. Tepals are 3 or 4, light green, narrowly oblong or
obovate-lanceshaped, less than 1 mm, slightly fleshy, tip usually
blunt. Stamens 1 or 2, anthers spherical. Utricle is protruding from
flower. Oak-Leaf Goosefoot is found in Temperate Eurasia including the
Himalaya and Australia. Flowering: May-October.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Nubra Valley, Ladakh. |
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