| Four-Petal Roseroot |
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| Original date | 6/23/22 10:53 AM |
| Resolution | 4587 x 2338 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Rhodiola quadrifida Family: Crassulaceae (Sedum family)
Synonyms: Sedum quadrifidum, Kirpicznikovia quadrifida, Chamaerhodiola quadrifida
Synonyms: Sedum quadrifidum, Kirpicznikovia quadrifida, Chamaerhodiola quadrifida
Four-Petal Roseroot is a perennial herb with flowers
borne in few flowered corymbs, about 1 cm in diameter, atop erect
flowering stems 6-9 cm long, 0.5-1 mm wide. Flowers unisexual, usually
4-merous, equaling or longer than flower-stalk. Sepals green,
linear-lanceshaped, about 3 mm, tip blunt. Petals yellow to reddish,
oblong-obovate, about 4 mm, tip blunt. Stamens 8, equaling or slightly
longer than petals. Winter bud conspicuous, ovate to narrowly ovate.
Stem leaves are alternate, erect, stalkless, linear, almost round in
cross-section, 5-8 x about 1 mm, margin entire, tip pointed. Seedpods
are erect, red when mature, lanceshaped, about 5 mm, apical beak
slightly reflexed or erect. Four-Petal Roseroot is found in the alpine
regions, on stony slopes, rocks, at altitudes of 2300-3700 m, in Russia
to Mongolia, China and W. Himalaya. Flowering: May-August.
| Identification credit: Sunit Singh, J.P Mehta | Photographed in Kachani tal, Uttarkhand. |
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