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The plant:
Euphorbia characias Linneae, 1753.
Wulfen's wood spurge
Palisaden-Wolfsmilch
Tartago major, Euforbia encarnata
Euforbia cespugliosa, Euforbia a cespi
Grosse euphorbe méditerranéenne
Classification
Division : Magnoliophyta
Classe : Magnoliopsida
Ordre : Malpighiales
Famille : Euphorbiaceae
Genre : Euphorbia
Phylogenetic classification :
Ordre : Malpighiales
Famille : Euphorbiaceae
Geography: Garrigue, a type of vegetation found on limestone soils around the Mediterranean Basin.
Description: Shrub of one meter high, with bluish green oval leaves. When cut or injured, the stem leaves a highly toxic white latex, which is characteristic of Euphorbiaceae. Yellowish green inflorescences (like Cyathea) met in umbels, the flowers having no sepals or petals, each containing a 3 style female flowers and are surrounded by male flowers with one stamen; contained in a cup formed by 2 bracts; the "flowers" presents 4 glands, purples at maturity.
Ecology: this euphorbia has developed adaptation mechanisms to drought; its leaves have a waxy waterproof cuticle, limiting evapotranspiration of the plant.
The camera:
Camera: Olympus E-520
Objective: Zuiko teleobjectif 50mm
Aperture: f/4
Speed: 1 / 320
Aperture Priority
Equivalent sensibility: iso-100
The picture:
Original Size: 3648 2736 px
Format: Olympus Jpeg
Resolution: 314ppp 314ppp
Color Depth: 24
Color: sRGB
Resizing at 742 550px, correction and apposition on a grey frame of 600 800 px, |
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