| Desert Golden Daisy |
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| File size | 182174 |
| Original date | 11/8/18 10:01 PM |
| Resolution | 840 x 630 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G5 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pulicaria undulata Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Pulicaria crispa, Inula crispa, Aster crispus, Inula undulata
Synonyms: Pulicaria crispa, Inula crispa, Aster crispus, Inula undulata
Desert Golden Daisy is an aromatic weedy herb, shrubby
below, spreading or erect, 24-40 cm tall. Flower-heads are yellow,
0.3-1.5 cm across, stalk 0.2-2.5 cm long. Involucral bracts are 2-3
seriate, linear, woolly-velvet-hairy; those of outer series shorter;
receptacle convex. Stems are rising up, striped. Leaves are eared or
semi-stem-clasping at base, linear, oblong or inverted-lanceshaped,
0.8-4.0 cm x 1.5-7 mm, surfaces white-cottony velvet-hairy, tip pointed
to nearly so, margins coarsely toothed. Fruit is a dry single-seeded
fruit, oblong, 0.5 mm long. Desert Golden Daisy is found in Canary
Islands, Sahara to NW India, typically Rajasthan. Flowering:
August-April.
Medicinal uses:
Desert Golden Daisy is used as
antiseptic. Bruised leaves used to cure headache.
Medicinal uses:
Desert Golden Daisy is used as
antiseptic. Bruised leaves used to cure headache. | Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. |
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