| Woolly Sage |
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| File size | 516425 |
| Original date | 4/13/14 12:57 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Salvia cana Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Salvia mukerjeei, Salvia lanata Roxb. [Illeg.]
Synonyms: Salvia mukerjeei, Salvia lanata Roxb. [Illeg.]
Woolly Sage is a white-woolly-haired perennial of
drier areas, growing only less than a foot high. Blue flowers occur in
many separated whorls, in a spike at the top of the stem. Flowers are
about 2.5 cm long, flower-tube not longer than the calyx. Sepals tube
is sticky hairy, ribbed, 2-lipped with spine-tipped teeth. Bracts
rounded, broader than long, abruptly pointed. Leaves are only at the
base, narrow, oblong-lancelike, without a stalk, mostly 8-15 cm. The
leaves are also densely white-woolly beneath, obscurely toothed. Woolly
Sage is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to W. Nepal, at altitudes
of 1500-3000 m. Flowering April-June.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Rankhet & Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. |
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