| Sticky Knob-Bush |
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| File size | 366757 |
| Original date | 4/28/13 12:10 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pseudoconyza viscosa Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Blumea aurita, Laggera aurita, Blumea viscosa
Synonyms: Blumea aurita, Laggera aurita, Blumea viscosa
Sticky Knob-Bush is an erect perennial branches herb
1-2 ft tall. It is aromatic, smelling of turpentine. Stem is usually
not winged. Leaves are ovate to obovate, 2-12 x 1-5 cm, lyrately or
pinnately lobed, with a wedge-shaped or narrow base or sometimes lobed
to the base, lobes decurrent, 6-8 x 4-5 mm. Flower-heads are 7-9 mm in
diameter; phyllaries 3-6 mm, outer one lanceshaped, inner linear,
glandular. Florets are purple, 4-6 mm long. Seed-pods are dark
red-brown, about 1 mm obscurely ribbed, sparsely hairy, pappus white,
4-4.5 mm long. Sticky Knob-Bush is widely distributed. Flowering:
March-June.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh & Jalgaon, Maharashtra. |
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