| Double-Yoked Rock-Cress |
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| Original date | 5/4/12 3:25 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
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| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 20.0 |
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| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Arabis bijuga Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Synonyms: Arabis macrantha, Arabidopsis mollissima var. griffithiana,
Synonyms: Arabis macrantha, Arabidopsis mollissima var. griffithiana,
Double-Yoked Rock-Cress is perennial herb up to 40
cm tall, erect, densely covered with short stalked stellate hairs, with
few simple ones. Basal leaves are in a rosette, obovate-spatulate to
oblanceolate on up to 5 cm long petiole, margin dentate or entire,
upper ones are stalkless, eared at base and narrower. Flowers are
white, in long ebracteate raceme, elongating in fruit, fruiting
pedicels diverging, up to 2.5 cm long; sepals oblong, 4-5 mm long;
petals white or pinkish, usually 1.2-1.5 cm long, in diverging pairs.
Fruit is 3-6 cm long, about 1 mm broad, hairless. Double-Yoked
Rock-Cress is found in NW Himalayas, at altitudes of 2400-3000 m.
Flowering: April-June.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Qazi Gund, Kashmir. |