| Woolly Camphor-Weed |
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| File size | 1010314 |
| Original date | 9/1/18 7:30 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 200.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 16.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pluchea tomentosa Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Conyza tomentosa, Eupatorium mysorense
Synonyms: Conyza tomentosa, Eupatorium mysorense
Woolly Camphor-Weed is a tall shrub up to 2.5 m high, erect branches
which are channeled, velvety, sometimes woolly. Leaves are obovate, oblong-
obovate, lanceshaped to inverted-lanceshaped, 1.5-4 cm long, 1.5-3 cm
broad, coarsely toothed, with pointed or blunt tip. Leaves are stalkless,
forming a prominent wing at the base. They are more or less hairy above
and softly velvety below. Flower-heads are many, stalkless or with short
stalks, in compound corymbs. Marginal florets are female, 60-100 in
number, 4-5 mm long. Disc florets bisexual, few, 4-6 mm long, purple.
Anthers are tailed. Woolly Camphor-Weed is found in Himachal Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh, W. Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and
Pakistan. Flowering: October-February.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
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