| High-Altitude Chesneya |
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| File size | 398488 |
| Original date | 6/22/13 12:09 PM |
| Resolution | 1500 x 1125 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Chesneya nubigena Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Spongiocarpella nubigena, Astragalus nubigenus
Synonyms: Spongiocarpella nubigena, Astragalus nubigenus
High-Altitude Chesneya is a densely small
mat-forming plant, about 10-20 cm in diameter. Leaves are 2.5-4cm long,
composed of 15-21 or more silvery-hairy leaflets up to 5 mm long.
Flowers are borne solitary, about 2.5 cm long, yellow, much larger than
the leaflets. They are shaped like pea flowers. Standard petals is 2-3
cm, lamina broadly ovate or round, with dense white short hairs below,
tip notched, wings 1.8-2.8 cm; keel about as long as wings, without
ears. Ovary is stalkless, with dense white long hairs. Seed-pod is
narrowly elliptical, 2-3 cm x 7-8 mm. High-Altitude Chesneya is found
in the Himalayas, from Kumaun to Bhutan, W Tibet, Burma and China, at
altitudes of 3600-5200 m.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed enroute to Bumla Pass, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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