| Kumaon Sweetvetch |
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| File size | 565860 |
| Original date | 6/29/07 1:45 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-S650 |
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Photo: Thingnam Girija |
Botanical name: Hedysarum kumaonense Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Kumaon Sweetvetch is a low-growing, pretty, perennial herb, 7-12 cm tall.
Stems are short and not noticeable. Compound leaves are 7-10 cm long, with
13-25 closely spaced leaflets. Leaflet blades obovate to elliptic-ovate,
7-10 X 5-7 mm. Purple-pink flowers occur in dense racemes which long ovoid,
with many flowers. Sepals tube is bell shaped, 6-8 mm, grayish hairy.
Pea-like flowers are pinkish purple; standard obovate, 1.2-1.4 cm; wings
slightly shorter than standard; keels 1-2 mm longer than standard. It is
found on the grassy mountain slopes at altitudes 3500-3600 m.
Flowering: June-July.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
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