| Curly Knob-Bush |
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| File size | 558715 |
| Original date | 3/3/19 4:56 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 3.47mm |
| Exposure time | 1/30s |
| Aperture | 2.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | OPPO |
| Camera model | OPPO A5 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Laggera crispata Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Blumea crispata, Conyza crispata, Blumea pterodonta
Synonyms: Blumea crispata, Conyza crispata, Blumea pterodonta
Curly Knob-Bush is a herb with stems much branched,
40-100 cm tall, stems and branches narrowly winged with irregular
deeply toothed lobes or interrupted wing. Stem teeth and leaves are
densely softly hairy, mainly with short erect glandular hairs. Lower
leaves are stalkless or sometimes with winged, deeply toothed stalk up
to 1.5 cm, blade narrowly obovate, 5-17 x 1.5-6 cm, base long
trrowed, margin nearly entire to toothed, tip pointed. Upper leaves are
narrower, slightly tapered below, oblong, sometimes subobtuse. Flower-heads
are born at branch ends, pink to purple, 1.0-1.5 cm in diameter, carried on
slender stalks. Involucre is about 7 mm in diameter, phyllaries 4.5-9 mm,
at least outer ones glandular-hairy. Florets are 6.5-8 mm. Seed-pods are
about 1 mm, Pappus 6 mm. Curly Knob-Bush is found in the Himalayas,
below 2000 m. Flowering: January-July.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur & Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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