| Grey-Hairy Hogweed |
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| File size | 129952 |
| Original date | 9/17/11 9:34 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-ZS3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Heracleum canescens Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Synonyms: Heracleum hirsutum, Heracleum cinereum
Synonyms: Heracleum hirsutum, Heracleum cinereum
Grey-Hairy Hogweed is a plant 30-70 cm tall, hairy.
Leaves are compound, pinnae oval to ovate, lobed, both surfaces covered
with long white hairs. Margin crenate to serrate. Involucre of 1-5
linear bracts or lacking. Rays 5-15, covered with long white hairs.
Calyx teeth small, linear. Petals are white, outer petals of outermost
flowers distinctly larger. Ovary is densely hairy. Fruit is elliptic, 8
mm long, 6 mm broad, puberulous, slightly narrowed at the base, retuse
at the tip. Grey-Hairy Hogweed is found in the Himalayas, from
Kashmir, Kumaun to Nepal, at altitudes of 2300 m. Found flowering:
September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Chakrata, Uttarakhand. |
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