| Large Himalayan Gerbera |
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| File size | 526734 |
| Original date | 10/27/23 1:23 PM |
| Resolution | 4000 x 3000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 5.24mm |
| Exposure time | 1/299s |
| Aperture | 1.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | motorola |
| Camera model | moto g72 |
| Sensor type | MonochromeArea |
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Botanical name: Oreoseris maxima Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Gerbera maxima, Chaptalia maxima, Gerbera nepalensis
Synonyms: Gerbera maxima, Chaptalia maxima, Gerbera nepalensis
Large Himalayan Gerbera is a perennial herb with
leaves in basal rosette. Leaf-stalks are 19-30 cm, woolly. Leaves are
large, ovate-lanceshaped, 11-20 x 5-9 cm, sometimes with few small
lobes at base, papery, below densely white woolly, above hairless, base
heart-shaped to arrow shaped, margin irregularly finely toothed, tip
tapering. Flowering stems are 1 or 2, about 43 cm or longer, woolly.
Flower-heads are solitary at the top, radiate, 2.5-3 cm in diameter.
Involucre is broadly bell-shaped; phyllaries about 4-seriate, outer
phyllaries linear-subulate, about 1 cm, inner phyllaries linear, about
2 cm. Marginal female florets are two-lipped, tubular, flower about 8
mm, inner lips oblong, about 4 mm. Central bisexual florets are many,
two-lipped, tubular, flower about 8 mm. Achenes (immature) are about 8
mm, nearly hairless, ribbed; pappus whitish tawny, about 1 cm. Large
Himalayan Gerbera is found in forest margins, at altitudes of about
2300 m, Pakistan to Himalaya, Yunnan and N. Thailand. Flowering:
August-September.
| Identification credit: Niku Das | Photographed in Eaglenest Wildlife sanctuary, West Kameng distt., Arunachal Pradesh. |
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