| Himalayan Mini Sunflower |
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| File size | 135460 |
| Original date | 7/22/08 11:05 AM |
| Resolution | 590 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cremanthodium ellisii Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Werneria ellisii, Cremanthodium ellisii var. ramosum
Synonyms: Werneria ellisii, Cremanthodium ellisii var. ramosum
Himalayan Mini Sunflower is a perennial herb growing to 1 foot tall. It
bears yellow, sunflower-like flowers, 4-7 cm across, with dark centers.
These flowers are solitary, looking down, with dark disk-florets and
narrow elliptic ray-florets 2.5 cm long. The flowers are borne on stout
stems with oblong stem-clasping leaves. Leaves at the base are oblong
blunt, 5-12 cm long, with obscure, widely-spaced teeth. The leaf-stalk is
long and winged. Himalayan Mini Sunflower occurs at high altitudes of
3500-4800 m, on screes, open slopes in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to SE
Tibet. Flowering: July-September. | Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand & Dhar Rupan, Himachal Pradesh. |
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