| Himalayan Kashmiria |
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| File size | 191193 |
| Original date | 6/1/13 3:00 PM |
| Resolution | 600 x 450 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 39.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Kashmiria himalaica Family: Plantaginaceae (Isabgol family)
Synonyms: Wulfenia himalaica
Synonyms: Wulfenia himalaica
Himalayan Kashmiria is a scape forming perennial
herb. Leaves arise from the root, 7-12 cm long, velvety, obovate to
oblong, toothed. Leaf-stalks is 5 cm long, broad, winged above. Flowers
are borne in a raceme on a leafless flowering stem. Bracts are small,
sepals 5, linear-obovate, nearly equal, 2-3 mm long. Flowers are
2-lipped, blue, 8-12 mm long, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, twice
as long as upper, tube slightly decurved above base; stamens 2,
included.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Tungnath, Uttarakhand. |