| Bulbous Star of Bethlehem |
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| Original date | 5/6/19 11:40 PM |
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| Flash | Flash fired, return not detected, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 36.0 |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
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Botanical name: Gagea bulbifera Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Synonyms: Gagea bulbifera var. nuda,
Synonyms: Gagea bulbifera var. nuda,
Bulbous Star of Bethlehem is a plant 4-6 cm tall. Bulb
is ovoid, 3-6 mm in diameter, tunic brown, surrounded by numerous
roots. Stem is gray-white velvet-hairy or becoming hairless in fruit.
Leaves arise from base and stem. Basal leaves are usually 2,
thread-like, 3-7 cm x 0.5-0.8 mm, stem leaves 2 or 3-5. Flowers are
borne in 2-4-flowered racemose. Tepals are yellow above, green below,
narrowly oblong or linear-spoon-shaped, 6-9 x 1.5-2 mm. Stamens are 4-7
mm. Style is about 2 x as long as ovary. Capsules are oblong, 3-angled,
4-6 x 2-3 mm, seeds flat. Bulbous Star of Bethlehem is found in Steppes
on hillsides, dry grassy slopes, in Western Himalaya, Xinjiang,
Kazakhstan, Russia, at altitudes of 600-1200 m. Flowering: April.
| Identification credit: Ashutosh Sharma, D.S. Rawat | Photographed in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh. |
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