| Dwarf Snow Rhododendron |
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| File size | 738522 |
| Original date | 6/4/14 12:57 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.28mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX9V |
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Botanical name: Rhododendron nivale Family: Ericaceae (Blueberry family)
Dwarf Snow Rhododendron is a small spreading, often gregarious, shrublet found
on drier alpine slopes. It grows up to 50 cm tall with densely scaly
branchlets. Flowers are usually solitary or paired, lavender, magenta or pink,
broadly funnel shaped. Sepal cup is scaly. Petals are elliptic, spreading.
Stamens prominently protrude out. Leaves are elliptic to rounded, very
small, only up to 1.3 cm long, scaly on both surfaces. Dwarf Snow Rhododendron
is found in the Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, altitudes
of 4500-5500 m. Flowering: June-July.
| Identification credit: Sanjyoti Subba | Photographed in Sikkim. |
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