| White-Flowered Fleabane |
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| File size | 263042 |
| Original date | 6/7/16 11:03 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Eschenbachia leucantha Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Blumea leucantha, Erigeron leucanthum, Conyza leucantha
Synonyms: Blumea leucantha, Erigeron leucanthum, Conyza leucantha
White-Flowered Fleabane is an annual herb, with
stems erect, 1-5 ft tall. Leaves are stalkless, lanceshaped, 7-10 cm
long, 1.2-1.8 cm wide, margins minutely toothed, upper surface darker,
both surfaces densely covered in minute yellow glandular hairs.
Inflorescence is a rounded panicle of whitish flower-heads which are
broad-bell-shaped to spherical, 5-6 mm long, 5-7 mm diameter.
Involucral bracts are rusty velvety with paler margins. Florets are
reddish; marginal florets many, threadlike; inner florets about 4.
Achenes are ovoid, sparsely hairy with thickened margins; pappus of
many cream to purplish fine barbellate bristles about 3 mm long.
White-Flowered Fleabane is found in the Himalayas, Shimla eastwards to
Burma, Malaya, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Philippines, Java, New
Caledonia, Australia, at altitudes of 700-1200 m. Flowering:
December-March.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Pelling, Sikkim. |
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