| Indian Hedge-Mustard |
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| File size | 315199 |
| Original date | 6/14/14 9:29 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 19.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sisymbrium orientale Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Synonyms: Brassica patens, Sisymbrium columnae, Sisymbrium daghestanicum
Synonyms: Brassica patens, Sisymbrium columnae, Sisymbrium daghestanicum
Indian Hedge-Mustard is an annual or biennial herb up
to 2 feet tall, branched. Flowers are borne in 15-25-flowered racemes,
up to 20 cm long in fruit. Flowers are 5-6 mm across, yellowish. Petals
7-9 mm long, 2-4 mm broad, stamens 4-5: 5-6 mm long. Sepals are 4-5 mm
long. Flower-stalks 3-6 mm long, thickened. Basal leaves are in a
rosette. often withering before flowering, stalked, usually pinnately
lobed, end lobe triangular, oblong or lanceshaped, often arrow-shaped.
Uppermost stem leaves are narrowly lanceshaped or linear, often
arrow-shaped. Seedpods are 5-10 cm long, 1-1.5 mm broad, straight,
erect or rising up, linear-cylindrical. Indian Hedge-Mustard is found
in Macaronesia, Mediterranean to W. Himalaya. Flowering: April-July.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh. |
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