| Entire-Leaf Marsh Marigold |
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| Original date | 6/10/16 12:39 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| 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 |
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Botanical name: Caltha scaposa Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Caltha palustris var. scaposa
Synonyms: Caltha palustris var. scaposa
Entire-Leaf Marsh Marigold is a small with stems
simple or branched, more than 3.5 cm tall, up to 24 cm at fruiting, 1-2
mm in diameter. Basal leaves are 3-10, long stalked; leaf-stalk 2.5-10
cm, base with membranous sheath. Leaf blade is heart-shaped-ovate or
triangular-ovate, sometimes kidney-shaped, 1-3 x 1.2-2.8 cm, base
deeply heart-shaped, margin entire or wavy, sometimes sparsely finely
toothed, tip rounded. Stem leaves are shortly stalked or sometimes
stalkless, small. Flowers are solitary, at branch-ends, or in pairs.
Flower-stalks are more than 3 cm, up to 20 cm at fruiting. Sepals,
which are petal-like, are 5-7, yellow, obovate, elliptic or ovate,
0.9-1.5 x 0.7-1.4 cm, tip rounded. Stamens are 3.5-7 mm; anthers
oblong. Entire-Leaf Marsh Marigold is found in alpine meadows, wet
places in valleys, at altitudes of 2800-4100 m, in China, Bhutan,
Sikkim, Nepal and N India. Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed beyond Tsomgo lake, Sikkim. |
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