| Hybrid Anemone |
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| File size | 81917 |
| Original date | 9/24/11 2:47 PM |
| Resolution | 960 x 720 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Anemone x hybrida Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Hybrid Anemone is an erect perennial herb, with
stems 0.5-1.5 m long, and a woody rootstock. There are about 30 cultivars of
A. x hybrida, but only a few are common in the trade. One of the most
popular is ‘Honorine Jobert' with large, pristine white flowers on stems over
1 m tall. ‘Andrea Atkinson' is quite similar but shorter, about 75-90 cm.
Sepals (which look like petals) are 5-20, white.
Stamens are 4-6 mm long, with threadlike filaments and ellipsoid anthers.
Pistils are more than 180, long
stipitate, about 1.5 mm. Ovary is velvety, stigma rectangular.
Flowering: July-October.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh, Prashant Awale | Photographed at Shalimar Garden, Srinagar. |
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