| River Blumea |
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| File size | 472845 |
| Original date | 11/29/08 2:10 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 73.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Blumea belangeriana Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Blumea metziana
Synonyms: Blumea metziana
River Blumea is an annual hairy herb found along river
banks in Western Ghats.
Stem is reddish-brown, branchlets hairy, mixed with gland-tipped
hairs. Leaves are 5-6.5 x 3-4.5 cm, stalkless, elliptic or obovate, tip
pointed or blunt, base narrowed, irregularly toothed, lateral nerves 6-8
pairs. Flower-heads are 7 mm across, flower-cluster-stalks and phyllaries hairy,
mixed with gland-tipped hairs; flower yellow. Achenes ribbed, hairy
along the ribs. Flowering: November-December.
| Identification credit: Rajdeo Singh | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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