Flash fired, return not detected, red-eye reduction
Focal length
55.0mm
Exposure time
1/200s
Aperture
36.0
Focus Distance
Metering Mode
$meteringMode
Camera make
NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model
NIKON D5300
Sensor type
ative
Photo:Ashutosh Sharma
Common name: Bulbous Star of Bethlehem
Botanical name:Gagea bulbiferaFamily:Liliaceae (Lily family) 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.