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Seaside Centaury

Y ganrhi goch arfor

Plantae
Eu-dicots (True dicotyledons)
Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tywyn Trewan Common, Anglesey.
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I don't normally go for pictures of dead plants but this does show a key feature of this annual - the leaf shape !

Taken during a BSBI field meeting and I am grateful to other members of the group for identifications.
20 August 2011
Category: Wild-growing plants and fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Scarce
Biennial


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Photographer: J R Crellin

About the picture:
NIKON D700
20/08/2011 13:51:42
1/100 sec - F/13
Lens: 105mm f/2.8 G VR
Sensitivity: ISO 800
Exp. compensation: -0.7 EV
Depth of field: 0.01 m (0.49 - 0.51)
Light value: 11.0


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