| Deccan Ragwort |
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| File size | 182650 |
| Original date | 9/22/19 5:12 PM |
| Resolution | 5232 x 3488 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 10.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON 1 V3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Senecio dalzellii Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Senecio lawii
Synonyms: Senecio lawii
Deccan Ragwort is an erect, woody herb, about 1-3
ft long. Stem and branches are more or less white, cottony. Lleaves are
linear-oblong or linear-lanceshaped, lower ones stalked, white-woolly
below, 5 x 0.8 -1 cm, margin entire or irregularly toothed, often
curled. Flower-heads are yellow, in symmetrically branched corymbs,
bracteolate. Flower-cluster-stalks are slender, furnished with a few
scattered bracts. Involucre bracts are linear-lanceshaped, 10-17, 2-4mm
long. Ray-florets are yellow, narrow with two obscure teeth at tip,
about 8-15, about 1 cm long. Pappus is in two series, white, rigid,
slightly longer than achenes. Achenes are rough with short hairs.
Deccan Ragwort is found in Western Ghats. Flowering:
September-October.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Patta Vishramgad, Nashik District, Maharashtra. |
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