| Silky Dwarf Bush |
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| File size | 167029 |
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| Resolution | 2048 x 1360 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Blumea sericea Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Nanothamnus sericeus
Synonyms: Nanothamnus sericeus
Silky Dwarf Bush is a rigid woolly herb, growing only up to a foot tall.
Many hairy branches arise from the root. Alternately arranged stalkless
leaves, 3-8 cm long, are lance-shaped, irregularly toothed and densely
woolly. The species name sericeus means silky and the genus name
Nanothamnus means small shrub. The whole plant is stongly aromatic
and spiny. Bright yellow flower-heads, 6-10 mm across, arise in dense,
hairy clusters in leaf axils and at the end of branches. The clusters have
some small leaves just below them. Petals are linear.
Flowering: February-March.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed at Ratangad, Maharashtra. |
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