| Fir-Leaved Celery |
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| File size | 264954 |
| Original date | 2/3/09 7:43 PM |
| Resolution | 1640 x 1230 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.35mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-W110 |
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Botanical name: Cyclospermum leptophyllum Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Synonyms: Pimpinella leptophylla, Apium tenuifolium, Cyclospermum ammi, Apium leptophyllum
Synonyms: Pimpinella leptophylla, Apium tenuifolium, Cyclospermum ammi, Apium leptophyllum
Fir-Leaved Celery is an annual herb, diffusely branching, 5-60 cm tall.
Leaves are oblong-ovate in outline, 3.5-10 cm long, 3.5-8 cm wide,
multiply-divided into threadlike segments 1.5-7 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide.
Leaves are carried on stalks 2.5-11 cm long. White flowers are borne in
compound umbels or some simple, umbels 15-20-flowered. Involucre and
involucel are lacking. Rays are up to 2 cm long. Fruit is ovoid, 1.2-3 mm
long, 1.5-2 mm broad. Fir-Leaved Celery is a pantropic weed with origin
unknown.
Plant has finely divided, alternate leaves. Flowers in umbels, 2-3 umbels arising from the one axil - carrot-like. Petals white; fruit with 2 ribbed segments.
Identification credit: Amit Kumar
| Photographed in Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. |