| Sontikli |
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| File size | 143078 |
| Original date | 9/20/08 9:50 AM |
| Resolution | 732 x 549 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Pulicaria wightiana Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Sontikli is an annual herb, growing up to 1-2 ft high. Stems are erect,
pinkish, branched at the top. Branches are anglled, rising, leafy and
velvety. Alternately arranged stalkless leaves are oblong, 3-8 cm long,
toothed, velvety. Leaves are smaller towards the top. Flower-heads are
yellow, 2-4 cm across, arising singly on leafy stalks, 10-20 cm long, at
the end of branches. The stalks are hollow, enlarged upwards. Ray florets
are 1.5-2 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, 3-toothed at the tip. Sontikli is found in
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: J. M. Garg | Photographed in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |
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