| Himalayan Baby's Breath |
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| File size | 1070280 |
| Original date | 6/28/08 10:48 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/237s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Acanthophyllum cerastioides Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)
Synonyms: Gypsophila cerastioides, Timaeosia rupestris, Timaeosia cerastioides
Synonyms: Gypsophila cerastioides, Timaeosia rupestris, Timaeosia cerastioides
Himalayan Baby's Breath is a charming little wildflower which can be seen
peeping out of rocks in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Bhutan. It is
closely related to the Baby's Breath
which is used by florists as a filler in bouquets. It is a low-growing
perennial herb with spreading stems, 8-20 cm long, bearing small,
inverted-egg shaped leaves, and with numerous white flowers, often streaked with
purple, borne in rounded branched clusters 1-2 cm across. Flowers are
variable in size, can be as large as 1 cm across. Petals are inverted-egg
shaped, shallowly notched at the tips. Sepals are hairy, stamens are 10 in
number. Leaves are hairy, about 0.6-1.5 cm. Lower leaves have stalks,
upper ones are stalkless. Himalayan Baby's Breath is found on river-banks,
rocks and open slopes in the Himalayas at altitudes of 2100-4700 m.
Flowering: May-July.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed around McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh & Tsomgo Lake, Sikkim. |
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