| One-Flowered Fleabane |
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| File size | 617370 |
| Original date | 8/26/13 12:35 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Erigeron uniflorus Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Erigeron alpinus var. uniflorus
Synonyms: Erigeron alpinus var. uniflorus
One-flowered Fleabane is an alpine perennial herb
with whitish daisy-like flowers. The plants can reach up to a height
of between 2 and 6 cm (maximum 20 cm). The whole plant is covered with
woolly hairs. Part of the stem is underground, the underground part
consists of a short rhizome. Over-ground part of the stem is erect,
simple and very hairy. There is a basal rosette (mostly irregular)
consists of leaves entire, dark green spoon-shaped, and some stem
leaves are similar to basal but smaller and stalkless. Size of the
basal leaves is width 4-7 mm, length 2-4 cm. Flower-heads are
solitary, 2-2.5 cm wide, the rays white tinted purple-blue and
darkening with age, sometimes entirely white or lilac. Flower-heads are
surrounded by involucral bracts. Disc florets are yellowish, tubular,
small. One-flowered Fleabane is wide-spread in Europe and Asia, and is
also found in Western Himalayas, at altitudes of 2000-4200 m.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Baralacha, Himachal Pradesh. |
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