| Diverse-Leaf Pimpinel |
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| Original date | 8/24/24 12:34 PM |
| Resolution | 1440 x 1080 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 35.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Pimpinella diversifolia Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Synonyms: Pimpinella divisa, Pimpinella sinica, Pimpinella tonkinensis
Synonyms: Pimpinella divisa, Pimpinella sinica, Pimpinella tonkinensis
Diverse-Leaf Pimpinel is a perennial, velvet-hairy
herb, up to 1 m tall. Basal leaves are sometimes simple, undivided, ovate
to heart-shaped; margin sawtoothed; stem leaves pinnate. Leaflets are 3-5,
but mostly 3, lanceshaped to oval or ovate, 1.5-6 x 1-5 cm, margin
sawtoothed to laciniate.
Flowers are borne in umbels 3-7 cm across; bracts mostly absent;
rays 6-20, 1-4 cm long. Umbellules are 3-6 mm across, 6–20-flowered;
flower-stalks 1-3 mm, unequal. Petals are white, obovate, hairy below,
base wedge-shaped, tip with incurved lobule. Stylopodium is conic;
styles about 2-3 x stylopodium.
Fruit is ovate to ovoid, 2 mm long, hairless to velvet-hairy; ridges
not prominent. Diverse-Leaf Pimpinel is a common and a very variable
species found in the Himalayas, from E. Afghanistan to NE India, China
and Indo-China, S. Japan to Taiwan, at altitudes of 1500-3000 m.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. |
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