| Fern-Leaf Figwort |
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| Original date | 6/14/14 10:30 AM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Scrophularia decomposita Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)
Fern-Leaf Figwort is a tall perennial herb, growing up
to 2-3 ft tall. It is characterized by leaves which much divided or
cut, into linear segments. The leaves vary greatly in degree of
leaf-cutting. The segments could be lanceshaped. toothed, but in Ladakh
and Lahaul, the leaves are delicately much divided, with the ultimate
segments linear. Flowers are borne in long contracted panicles. The
cymes in the panicle are few-flowered. Flowers are spherical, 2-lipped.
Upper lip is deep madder-purple or blackish, the flowers elsewhere
yellow-green. Fern-Leaf Figwort forms clumps in open valleys, usually
in alpine meadows, at altitudes of 2000-4000 m, through the Western
Himalayas from Afghanistan, Kashmir, Ladakh, HImachal to Kumaun.
Flowering: May-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh. |
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