| West-Asian Sea Holly |
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| File size | 60348 |
| Original date | 6/20/10 10:09 PM |
| Resolution | 712 x 534 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Eryngium billardierei Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
West-Asian Sea Holly is a plant growing up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are
pinnately divided, with margin spiny. Stem leaves are stalkless. Involucre
of 6-8 bracts alternate with spines. Bract margins are entire to spiny -
bracts 2-3 times longer the flowers. Bractlets are about 1 cm long, longer
than the flowers. Sepal-tube is scaly - scales lanceshaped to ovate, white.
Sepals are lanceshaped to ovate, with a needle-like point, as long as the
sepal. Styles are long. Fruit is scaly. West-Asian Sea Holly is found in
West Asia to Western Himalaya.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Pahalgam, Kashmir. |
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