| Creeping Primrose |
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| File size | 427919 |
| Original date | 7/23/13 3:06 PM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Primula reptans Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Synonyms: Primula stracheyi
Synonyms: Primula stracheyi
Creeping Primrose is a dwarf creeper, forming dense to loose mats, with
very small leaves.
It may be confused with Tiny Primrose,
but has even smaller leaves than the latter. Leaves are ovate to rounded,
only 2–4 mm long. Margin are deeply toothed, irregular, some recurved.
Leaf stalks are 0.5–1.1 cm long, winged. Scape is absent or up to 1.5 cm
long. Purple-pink to violet flowers occur singly. Bracts are 2, lancelike,
2–3 mm long. Flower stalks are 2–4 mm long. Sepal cup is bell-shaped, with
sepals 2.5 mm long. Flowers are up to 1.5 cm across, with petals 4–7 x 4–6
mm, notched, throat white. Style is 3 mm long. Creeping Primrose is found
on rocks and open slopes in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Nepal, at
altitudes of 3600-5500 m. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed at Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh & Madhmaheshwar Valley, Uttarakhand. |
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