| Woolly Leucas |
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| File size | 1035989 |
| Original date | 6/28/08 11:14 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/193s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Leucas lanata Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Woolly Leucas is a softly desnely wooly-haired perennial herb found on
stony slopes in the Himalayas at altitudes of 700-3000 m. Leaves are
densely covered with woolly hairs so that they appear silvery. Leaves are
short-stalked, 2-3.5 cm, coarsely saw-toothed, with impressed veins above.
Small white flowers occur in several dense whorls in leaf axils on the
stem. Flowers are 2-lipped, about 1 cm across. Upper lip is hooded and very
hairy, the lower lip is longer, 3-lobed, with middle lobe rounded and
larger than the two blunt side-lobes. Sepal cup is tube like, 8 mm long,
with 10 short teeth, densely woolly haired. Flowering: April-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed around McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,