| Arctic Milk-Vetch |
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| Original date | 8/5/14 7:14 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 11.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 4.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L620 |
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Botanical name: Astragalus frigidus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Astragalus kolaensis, Phaca frigida
Synonyms: Astragalus kolaensis, Phaca frigida
Arctic Milk-Vetch is an erect, hairless, herb, 1-2
ft tall. Leaves are compound, about 10-15 cm long, leaflets 9-15, 2-4
cm long, oblong. Stipules are about 1.2-2.4 cm long, free. Flowers are
borne stalked racemes in leaf axils. Flower-stalks are about 2-4.5 mm
long, black pubescent. Calyx is about 9-10 mm long, covered with black
hairs, teeth about 1 mm or smaller. Flowers are bright yellow. Vexillum
is about 1.8-2 cm long, longer than wings and keel, hairless. Fruit is
about 2.5-2.6 cm long, velvet-hairy, 1-celled, about 6-8-seeded,
beaked. Arctic Milk-Vetch is found in the Himalayas from Kashmir to
Lahaul, China, Russia, Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, Europe, USA, at
altitudes up to 4100 m.
Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal, Lal Bahadur Shastri | Photographed in Bhratapur, Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
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