| Golden Crownbeard |
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| File size | 3800469 |
| Original date | 1/25/09 3:34 PM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 2448 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Verbesina encelioides Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Golden Crownbeard is an annual herb, 1-2 ft tall, minutely velvety.
Yellow flower-heads, several to numerous, 1-2 inches across, are borne on
long peduncles. Flower-heads are showy, with 10-15 golden yellow ray
florets that have 3-toothed tips, and yellowish-orange disk florets. The
bracts just below the flowers are long, lanceshaped, loose or somewhat
spreading. The disk is 6-20 mm in diameter. Each head produces at least
100 achenes, which are rodshaped, about 1/8 inch long, light brown, with
many longitudinal nerves on the surface. Leaves are silvery green leaves,
ovate to triangular with coarsely toothed margins. They are mostly
alternate but opposite towards the base, 2-4 inches long and 1-3 inches
wide, with prominent veins on the underside. Golden Crownbeard is native
to the United States and Mexico, cultivated as a garden plant in India.
| Identification credit: Nathan Taylor | Photographed in Indraprastha Park, Delhi. |
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