| South Indian Pearly Everlasting |
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| File size | 224743 |
| Original date | 1/26/14 12:24 PM |
| Resolution | 960 x 720 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Anaphalis lawii Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Anaphalis oblonga var. lawii
Synonyms: Anaphalis oblonga var. lawii
South Indian Pearly Everlasting is a branched
herbs, 30-50 cm tall, with stem white woolly. Leaves are 4-5 x 0.7 cm,
oblong, apex pointed, base stem-clasping. Flower-heads are 4 x 4 mm,
borne in densely branched corymb-like cymes. Bracts are 3-seriate, 3-4
mm long, elliptic, acute, toothed at tip, brown at lower part, outer
ones wooly. Bisexual flowers are 5-7, central, corolla 2.5 mm long,
white, 5-toothed at apex. Seed-pods are 1 mm long, cylindrical, scaly,
brown. South Indian Pearly Everlasting is endemic to Peninsular India,
found in Eastern and Western Ghats. Flowering: September-March.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed at Mullayanagiri, Karnataka. |
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