| Broadleaf Pepperweed |
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| File size | 206483 |
| Original date | 8/20/14 1:14 PM |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1280 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lepidium latifolium Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Synonyms: Nasturtium latifolium, Crucifera latifolia, Cardaria latifolia
Synonyms: Nasturtium latifolium, Crucifera latifolia, Cardaria latifolia
Broadleaf Pepperweed is a perennial herb that can grow
1-5 ft. tall. A rosette of leaves develops with 10-30 cm long and 2.5-5
cm wide, toothed leaves. Plants emerge from thick, minimally branched
roots or semi-woody crowns. Individuals remain as a rosette for several
weeks before the stem elongates. Rosette leaves are long stalked. Stem
leaves are alternate, 2.5-7.6 cm long and oblong. Flat, dense clusters
of flowers develop at the tip of the flowering stem. Individual flowers
are 4-petaled and white. The fruit is a round to oval, hairy capsule
that is 1.5 mm in diameter. It contains a single seed. Broadleaf
Pepperweed is native to Temperate Eurasia, N. Africa, Arabian Peninsula
to the Himalaya. Flowering: May-July.
| Identification credit: Chris Chadwell | Photographed in Leh, Ladakh. |
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