| Himalayan Theropogon |
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| File size | 374480 |
| Original date | 7/4/06 4:13 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 10.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/120s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX S6 |
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Botanical name: Theropogon pallidus Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Himalayan Theropogon is a perennial herb with rhizome about 1 cm thick.
Leaves are 6-10, erect or arching, glaucous on the underside, 15-40 cm ×
0.4-1.2 cm, hairless, midvein prominent, tip long-pointed. Flowering stem
is 30-35 cm, usually shorter than leaves. Flower racemes are 4.5-7 cm,
9-14-flowered. Bracts are green, lanceolate-linear to linear, larger one
0.7-1.3 cm, smaller one 3.5-6 mm. Flower-stalks are 0.8-1.5 cm, usually
very narrowly winged. Flowers are white, bell-shaped, tepals oblong-ovate,
5-8 × 3-4 mm, 1-veined, tip blunt. Filaments are 1.5-2 mm; anthers
somewhat heart-shaped, 2-2.5 mm. Ovary is about 2.5 mm. Style about 5 mm.
Himalayan Theropogon is found in the thickets, shady rocky slopes of the
Himalayas, in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim and China, at altitudes of
2300-2600 m. Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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