| Kashmir Corydalis |
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| File size | 294905 |
| Original date | 6/23/09 12:30 PM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Corydalis cashmeriana Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Kashmir Corydalis is a charming, delicate perennial herb with 3-8 sky-blue
flowers with darker blue tips. The flowers are borne in lax cluster on top
of the stem. Flowers turn pale when dried. They are 1.2-2 cm long, with
the slender spur making up half the flower, slightly down-curved. Leaves
are mostly at the bottom of the plant, about 1 cm across with 3 palmately
arranged leaflets. Leaflets are 3-lobed. The plant also has one or two
smaller stem leaves, with narrower lobes. The upright plant rises
unbranched to 3-10 cm. The root-stock is tuberous with bubils. Kashmir
Corydalis is common in shrubberies, oepn slopes and screes, from Kashmir
to SE Tibet, at altitudes of 3000-4500 m. Flowering: May-August.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
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