| Dense-Flowered Delphinium |
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| Original date | 10/4/23 11:30 AM |
| Resolution | 5313 x 3127 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 25.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Delphinium densiflorum Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Delphinium brunonianum var. densum
Synonyms: Delphinium brunonianum var. densum
Dense-Flowered Delphinium is a perennial herb with
stem 30-46 cm tall, sparsely velvet-hairy or becoming hairless, simple.
Flowers are borne in densely 10--40-flowered racemes, 5-14 cm,
velvet-hairy; bracts lanceshaped. Flower-stalks are 2-2.5 cm;
bracteoles distal, linear-oblong, 1.4-1.5 cm. Sepals are persistent,
bluish gray, below velvet-hairy; spur conic, 8-10 mm, base 4-5 mm in
diameter; other sepals 2-2.4 cm. Petals are hidden within the sepals,
black 2-lobed, fringed with hairs distally. Leaf blade is 6-7 cm wide,
base heart-shaped; primary lobes separate for less than 60% of blade
radius; central lobe rhombic-ovate, 3-lobulate, distally toothed, tip
pointed; ultimate lobules ovate; proximal leaves usually not withered.
Dense-Flowered Delphinium is found on scrub, river banks, at altitudes
of 3300-6000 m, in W. & Central Himalaya to China. Flowering:
July-August.
| Identification credit: Dharmendra Rawat, Sunit Singh | Photographed at Junargali, Roopkund, Chamoli, Uttarakhand. |
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