| Narrow-Leaved Peppergrass |
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| File size | 326340 |
| Original date | 6/15/10 4:44 AM |
| Resolution | 1740 x 1305 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 30.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Lepidium ruderale Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Narrow Leaved Peppergrass is an annual or biennial foul-smelling herb,
20-30 cm tall. It is single-stemmed, much branched above, hairless or
sparsely covered with short spreading hairs. Basal leaves are double- or
triple-compound, long-stalked, forming a loose rosette or withering early.
Stem leaves are pinnate with narrow entire segments, upper segments
narrow, oblong, stalkless. Fruiting stalks are slender, ascending, 2-4 mm.
Fruits are ovate or broadly elliptical, narrowly winged above, 2-2.5 x
1.5-2 mm. Narrow Leaved Peppergrass is native to Europe and West Asia,
naturalized in many places, including India. It is found on roadsides,
waste places, from sea level to 1500 m.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Balgarden, Srinagar, Kashmir. |
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