| Prickly Himalayan Thistle |
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| File size | 1407582 |
| Original date | 7/25/11 10:41 AM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 2736 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-ZS3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cirsium falconeri Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Prickly Himalayan Thistle is a very common spiny plant found in Western Himalayas.
It was named for Hugh Falconer, 19th century Scottish doctor, geologist
and botanist in India. It is a tall noticeable perennial herb, with the
whole plant covered by white-cream spines. Stems are robust with narrow
wings. Flower-heads are spherical, cream colored, somewhat drooping, 7-8.5
cm across. Just below the flower-heads are densely woolly bracts with long
pale spines up to 2.5 cm. Leaves are linear, narrow tipped, with
triangular toothed or lobed margins carrying pale spines. Leaf surface is
also covered with spines. Prickly Himalayan Thistle is found at altitudes of
2700-4300 in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to SE Tibet.
Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Kashmir. |
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