| Santolina-Leaved Wormwood |
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| File size | 496870 |
| Original date | 9/19/11 10:05 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Artemisia gmelinii Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Artemisia santolinifolia, Artemisia racemifera
Synonyms: Artemisia santolinifolia, Artemisia racemifera
Santolina-Leaved Wormwood is a subshrub, 0.5-1 m tall,
arising from woody rhizomes, densely velvety or hairless. Stems are
branched from upper parts. Leaves are gland-dotted. Middle stem leaves,
carried on 1-5 cm long stalks, are triangular- or elliptic-ovate, 2-10
× 2-8 cm, 2- or 3-pinnately cut into segments 3-5 pairs. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts are 1- or 2-pinnately cut or entire. Lobes
are linear or linear-lanceshaped. Nodding yellow flower-heads are borne
in a broad panicle. Involucre is round, 2-3.5 mm in diameter.
Phyllaries are bristly, sometimes hairless. Marginal female florets are
10-12, narrowly tubular, about 1.3 mm, densely gland-dotted. Disk
florets are 20-40, bisexual, about 1.8 mm. Achenes are ellipsoid-ovoid
or ellipsoid-conical. Santolina-Leaved Wormwood is found in Siberia, C. Asia,
Himalaya, Tibet, Mongolia, N. China., at altitudes of 2800-4300 m.
Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Miroslav Dvorsky | Photographed in Ladakh. |
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