| Crimson-Tip Lousewort |
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| File size | 1211277 |
| Original date | 6/15/08 12:54 PM |
| Resolution | 1000 x 1333 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return not detected |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-W55 |
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Botanical name: Pedicularis oederi Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Crimson-Tip Lousewort is a perennial herb with lemon-yellow 2-lipped flowers,
or with a purplish or reddish tip to the upper lip, borne in dense oblong
cluster, carried on top of a solitary stem, 2.5-10 cm tall. Flower tube is
up to twice as long as the sepal cup. The upper lip is oblong with a
rounded tip and longer than the broad, 3-lobed lower lip. The bell-shaped
sepal cup is densely hairy. Leaves are stalked, mostly at the base, roadly
linear, pinnately cut into numerous short pointed toothed lobes. The plant
grows from spindle-shaped tubers. Crimson-Tip Lousewort is found in the
Himalayas, from Pakistan to SW China and also in Europe, at altitudes of
3600-4800 m. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed at Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh. |
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