| Fuzzy Himalayan Mint |
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| File size | 511835 |
| Original date | 8/15/12 10:35 AM |
| Resolution | 2400 x 1800 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 9.77mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
| Camera model | SP570UZ |
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Botanical name: Elsholtzia eriostachya Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Elsholtzia pusilla, Elsholtzia hoffmeisteri, Aphanochilus eriostachyus
Synonyms: Elsholtzia pusilla, Elsholtzia hoffmeisteri, Aphanochilus eriostachyus
Fuzzy Himalayan Mint is an aromatic mint-like
slender erect annual herb, with oblong to lanceshaped leaves and with
upright stout shaggy-haired spikes of densely packed tiny yellow
flowers. Spikes are 2.5-6 cm long, 4 mm wide at flowering, enlarging
to 12 cm in fruit. Flowers are yellow, 2 mm, sepal cup 1 mm, with
linear hairy sepals, enlarging to 4 mm. Leaves are 2.5-5 cm long,
toothed, softly hairy, or sometime woolly beneath, carried on short
stalks. Stems are 4-angled, often unbranched, or sometimes branched
below, 15-45 cm. Fuzzy Himalayan Mint is found in the Himalayas, from
Pakistan to SW China, at altitudes of 3000-4500 m. Flowering:
July-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed enroute to Hemkund, Uttarakhand. |