| Weedy Cudweed |
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| Original date | 4/5/10 11:01 AM |
| Resolution | 2272 x 1704 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 72.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Gnaphalium luteoalbum, Gnaphalium pallidum
Synonyms: Gnaphalium luteoalbum, Gnaphalium pallidum
Weedy Cudweed is a spreading perennial herb with grey foliage, up to 70 cm
tall. The leaves are long and narrow, 2.5–5.5 cm long, 0.2–0.6 cm broad,
gradually reduced in size upwards. Leaves are white-woolly or densely
cobwebby above. Plants may reach a diameter of 50 cm. In spring and summer
plants become covered in cream yellow flower heads. Flower-heads are ovoid,
3.5–5 mm in diameter, 5–40 arranged in simple or compound corymbs, often
clustered. Weedy Cudweed is found in temperate Asia, Africa, Australia,
including Western Himalaya. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Dimple Bhati | Photographed in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh. |
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