| Small Tumbleweed Mustard |
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| File size | 91059 |
| Original date | 6/15/10 3:59 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Sisymbrium loeselii Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Small Tumbleweed Mustard is a herb native to Eurasia, and it is known on
other continents as an introduced species and in some areas a common
roadside weed. It is an annual or biennial herb producing a hairy, erect
stem which can exceed a meter in height. Leaf blades are divided into
triangular, lance-shaped, and toothed linear lobes, and are borne on
stalks. On the top of the stem is borne a raceme of flowers with bright
yellow petals each measuring just under a centimeter long. Petals are 4,
free, clawed, yellow, hairless. Claw up to 3 mm long. Limb is up to 3 mm
long and broad, rounded at tip. Stamens are 6, 4 longer and 2 shorter,
erect. Sepals are 4, yellow, spreading, smooth, linear to linear-oblong,
free, 3.5mm long, 1.4mm broad.The fruit is a silique up to 3.5 cm in
length containing tiny seeds. Flowering: March June.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Balgarden, Srinagar, Kashmir. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,