| Himalayan Chickpea |
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| File size | 611378 |
| Original date | 6/23/15 1:57 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 19.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cicer microphyllum Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Cicer jacquemontii
Synonyms: Cicer jacquemontii
Himalayan Chickpea is an annual herb, 15-40 cm
tall. Stem is much branched, erect, glandular hairy. Leaves are
paripinnate with a tendril at the tip. Stipules are leaflike,
glandular hairy, margin 5-7-toothed. Leaflets are 6-15-paired, obovate
wedge-shaped 4-12 x 3-7 mm, both surface glandular hairy, margin
toothed only in upper half, tip mucronate. Flowers are borne singly on
stalks 0.5-2.5 cm long, glandular hairy. Calyx is about 1.2 cm, deeply
toothed, densely glandular hairy. Flowers are blue-purple or light
blue, about 2.5 cm. Pod is elliptic in outline, 2.5-3.5 cm, densely
white velvety, beaked, many seeded. Himalayan Chickpea is found on
hill slopes, meadows on sunny slopes, riverbanks, gravels in the
HImalayas. from E Afghanistan, to Himachal Pradesh to W Nepal, at
altitudes of 1600-4600 m.
Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
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