| Cushion Saxifrage |
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| File size | 194849 |
| Original date | 6/14/11 7:12 AM |
| Resolution | 680 x 510 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.72mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L21 |
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Botanical name: Saxifraga pulvinaria Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Synonyms: Saxifraga ciliata, Saxifraga imbricata
Synonyms: Saxifraga ciliata, Saxifraga imbricata
Cushion Saxifrage is a densely clustered plant forming
firm cushions up to 50 cm across. Leaves are blunt, in tiny rosettes.
Flowers occur singly, stalkless, white with yellow bases and violet
anthers. Petals are obovate 3-4 rnm, margins wavy; sepals blunt,
glandular-hairy. Rosettes are dense, about 5 rnm across; leaves oblong
2 mm, densely overlapping, bent back at tip. and with a white pit,
lightly lime-encrusted. Cushion Saxifrage is found on rocks and stony
slopes in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to E. Nepal, at altitudes of
4300-5200 m. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: D.S Rawat, Chris Chadwell | Photographed in Paddar valley, Jammu & Kashmir. |
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