| West-Himalayan Cotton Thistle |
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| File size | 80941 |
| Original date | 6/19/10 11:33 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Carduus edelbergii Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Carduus nutans var. lucidus
Synonyms: Carduus nutans var. lucidus
West-Himalayan Cotton Thistle is a tall stout thistle
1-2 ft tall, grooved, with wavy wigs. It has thorny lobed leaves 0.5-1
ft long. Flower-heads are born singly, 2-4 cm across, pink.
Seed-pods are pale brown.
West-Himalayan Cotton Thistle is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan
to Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh at altitudes of 2000-4500 m.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Kashmir. |
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