| Kashmir Salvia |
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| File size | 128441 |
| Original date | 6/19/10 11:33 PM |
| Resolution | 880 x 660 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Salvia moorcroftiana Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Kashmir Salvia is a white-woolly perennial herb, commonly found in the
Kashmir valley. Pale blue, nearly white, flowers are borne in spikes
arranged in separated whorls, forming a branched cluster. Flowers are
about 2.5 cm long. Flower tube is distinctly longer than the sepal tube.
Flowers are 2-lipped, with the upper lip erect, curved. Lower lip is
3-lobed, with the lateral lobes turned outwards. Sepal tube is bristly.
Bracts are prominent, pale, green-veined, nearly rounded with an abrupt
point. Leaves are mostly 15-25 cm long, ovate to elliptic, long-stalked.
Stem is 1.5-3 ft tall, branched above. Kashmir Salvia is found in the
Himalayas, from Pakistan to W. Nepal, at altitudes of 1500-2700 m.
Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Kashmir. |
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