| Peninsular Camel Thistle |
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| File size | 45861 |
| Original date | 11/20/06 12:12 PM |
| Resolution | 640 x 427 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 10.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | OLYMPUS CORPORATION |
| Camera model | C770UZ |
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Botanical name: Tricholepis radicans Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Carduus punctatus, Carduus radicans, Carduus glaber
Synonyms: Carduus punctatus, Carduus radicans, Carduus glaber
Peninsular Camel Thistle is a small prostrate annual herb, growing up to only 10-15 cm high. The
plant is branched from the base, and the branches are leafy. Alternately
arranged stalkless leaves are 3-5 cm long, obovate, and bristle pointed.
Flower heads on erect grooved stalks. Flower tube is 1 cm long, tubular and
purple. A swollen, ovoid covering of bracts appears prominently belowe the
flowerhead. Peninsular Camel Thistle is found mostly in Peninsular India, but
also in Eastern India.
| Identification credit: Pravin Kawale, Satish Phadke | Photographed in Mizoram & Karnataka. |
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