| Drumstick Primrose |
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| File size | 146705 |
| Original date | 4/7/12 10:18 AM |
| Resolution | 1080 x 810 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Primula denticulata Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Synonyms: Primula aequalis, Primula elata, Primula telemachica
Synonyms: Primula aequalis, Primula elata, Primula telemachica
Drumstick Primrose is a beautiful Himalayan herb with pretty purple to
mauvish-blue flowers with yellowish throats, in compact spherical heads,
borne on stout flowering stems 3-15 cm tall. Flowers are 1-2 cm across,
with deeply bilobed petals, and a flower tube 0.2-2 cm long. Leaves occur
in compact rosette at the base, oblong to inverted-lance-shaped, narrowing
down to a winged leaf-stalk. Leaves enlarge quite a bit after flowering,
reach up to 30 cm. Drumstick Primrose is found in the Himalayas, from
Afghanistan to Burma, at altitudes of 1500-4500 m. Flowering: April-June.
| Identification credit: Ratna Ghosh | Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand & Sikkim. |
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