| Juniper Dwarf Mistletoe |
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| File size | 596335 |
| Original date | 8/26/13 4:05 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Arceuthobium oxycedri Family: Santalaceae (Sandalwood family)
Synonyms: Arceuthobium juniperi, Viscum oxycedri, Razoumofskya oxycedri
Synonyms: Arceuthobium juniperi, Viscum oxycedri, Razoumofskya oxycedri
Juniper Dwarf Mistletoe is small in size averaging
between 2 and 15 cm. It is tufted, yellow-green, semi-parasite on
Juniper trees, internodes up to 8 mm long. Leaves are opposite, up to
2 mm long, connate, calyculate, ovate, acute. Flowers are solitary or
in 2-4 flowered terminal clusters, sub-nearly stalkless. Male flower is
3-4 petalled, petals 1-1.5 mm long, elliptic-ovate, acute, hairless,
yellow. Anthers are 3-4, sub-globose, 0.5 mm broad, sessile, attached
to the middle of the perianth lobes. Female flower is 1 mm long,
obovate, persistent, ovary sub-sessile, style cylindrical. Berry is
ovate-oblong, 2 mm long, glabrous, shortly pedicellate. Seed is
cylindrical, 1.5 mm long, acute, slightly pubescent, dispersal
explosive. Juniper Dwarf Mistletoe is found in India, Pakistan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; N Africa, SW Asia, S Europe, at altitudes of
3000-4100 m. Flowering: August-September.
Fl. Per.: Aug.-Sept.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. |
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