| Himalayan Figwort |
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| File size | 80035 |
| Original date | 8/4/11 1:22 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
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| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: 
Scrophularia himalensis Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)
Synonyms: Scrophularia himalayensis
Scrophularia himalensis Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)Synonyms: Scrophularia himalayensis
Himalayan Figwort is an obtusely angled robust herb
with ovate-lanceolate to ovate-cordate leaves without appendages on
stalks. Flowers are borne in few flowered cymes forming a loose panicle
about 10 cm broad. Sepals are blunt-rounded, rough-margined, shorter
than the seed-pods. Flowers are green, 4-5 mm long, upper lobes longer
than others. Fertile stamens are much protruded from flowers.
Seed-pods are globose, style 6-9 mm long. Common in Kashmir usually at
altitudes of 1500-4000 m.
Flowering: June-August.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Kashmir University Botanical Garden, Srinagar. |