| Feather-Leaved Cinquefoil |
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| File size | 313332 |
| Original date | 6/28/12 3:24 PM |
| Resolution | 1744 x 1308 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Potentilla multifida Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Synonyms: Potentilla plurijuga, Potentilla hypoleuca
Synonyms: Potentilla plurijuga, Potentilla hypoleuca
Feather-Leaved Cinquefoil is a perennial herb of
drier areas in the Himalayas with short rootstock and several spreading
stems up to 30 cm. Leaves are compound, softly white-woolly beneath.
Leaflets are pinnately cut into linear-lanceshaped segments. Flowers
are yellow, 8-10 mm across, solitary or few in flat-topped clusters.
Sepals are silky, ovate pointed. Petals are obovate, with rounded,
somewhat notched tips. Stamens are about 20. Seed-pods are hairless.
Feather-Leaved Cinquefoil is found in the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand
to SW China, at altitudes of 3000-4500. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Nubra Valley, Ladakh. |
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