| Nilgiri Ragwort |
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| Original date | 1/28/26 5:03 PM |
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| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 146.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DC-FZ10002 |
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Botanical name: Senecio candicans Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Cineraria sarmentosa, Cacalia sarmentosa
Synonyms: Cineraria sarmentosa, Cacalia sarmentosa
Nilgiri Ragwort is a perennial herb with branches
angled and leaves beneath densely white-woolly, ovate-heart-shaped or
-arrowshaped, tapering toothed hairless or cottony above, leaf-stalk
short eared. Daisy-like yellow flower-heads are 8 mm long, with
bracteoles, borne in leaf-axils and at branch-ends, in rounded corymbs
or lax panicles. Involucral bracts are linear pointed woolly,
ray-florets yellow, few. Achenes are velvet-hairy. Nilgiri Ragwort is
found in Southern Western Ghats. Flowering: October-April.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed in Maditerai, Tamil Nadu. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,