| Indian Summer Cypress |
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| File size | 113262 |
| Original date | 8/16/11 8:36 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX130 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bassia indica Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family)
Synonyms: Kochia indica, Kochia griffithii, Kochia scoparia subsp. indica
Synonyms: Kochia indica, Kochia griffithii, Kochia scoparia subsp. indica
Indian Summer Cypress is an annual or biennial herb,
up to 2 m, softly hairy or velvet-hairy, stem pale, brown to yellowish,
with many spreading branches from the base and distant leaves. Leaves
are 5-15 x 1-5 mm, lanceshaped, oblong or linear, entire, pointed or
somewhat tapering at tip, wedge-shaped-stalkless or nearly so, soft
hairy to virtually hairless. Flowering branches are usually whitish
with scattered, 1-3-flowered clusters arranged in loose, leafy spikes;
bracts linear, leaf-like, longer than clusters, softly hairy. Flowers
are tiny, insignificant, but with prominent reddish anthers. Indian
Summer Cypress is native to India. It is also found in N.Africa, Sudan,
SW Asia to Pakistan and Western Himalayas. Flowering: July-October.
| Identification credit: Alexander P. Sukhorukov | Photographed in Panipat, Haryana. |
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