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| Original date | 8/14/06 3:36 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Inula barbata Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Inula grandiflora (misapplied)
Synonyms: Inula grandiflora (misapplied)
Showy Inula is an attractive Himalayan plant, with
golden-yellow flower-heads at branch-ends and solitary, 4-6 cm across,
borne on erect leafy stems. Ray-florets are narrow, very numerous, up to
2 cm long, 3-lobed at tip; involucral bracts with bristly-haired teeth,
the outer leafy and as long as the florets, the inner shorter linear, all
bristly-haired. Earlier it was believed to be Inula grandiflora,
but now it is assumed to be a species separate from that.
Leaves are oblong-lanceshaped pointed, 5-7.5 cm, lobed at
base and with glandular teeth and bristly hairs on margin. Stem is
unbranched, leafy throughout, 30-45 cm. Showy Inula is found in the
Himalayas, from Pakistan to C. Nepal and W. Asia, at altitudes of 2000-3300 m.
Flowering: July-September.
A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to
commemorate this flower.| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed on Govindghat-Ghangria trail, Uttarakhand & en-route Shakati - GHNP, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,