| Five Finger Cinquefoil |
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| File size | 683133 |
| Original date | 8/15/06 11:57 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/176s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Potentilla cuneata Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Synonyms: Potentilla ambigua, Potentilla dolichopogon
Synonyms: Potentilla ambigua, Potentilla dolichopogon
Five Finger Cinquefoil is a small spreading perennial herb with solitary yellow
flowers 1.3-2.5 cm across, borne on short stems, and with leaves with 3
small obovate leaflets which are coarsely toothed at the tip. Petals are
broadly obovate, longer than the triangular pointed sepals and blunt elliptic
false-sepals. Leaflets are 6-13 mm, 3-toothed or 3-lobed at the tip, hairy
or hairless. Stems are erect, 2.5-10 cm. Five Finger Cinquefoil is found
in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to SW China, at altitudes of 2400-4500 m.
Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |