| Lahaul Sweetvetch |
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| Original date | 7/22/13 9:16 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| 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: Hedysarum astragaloides Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Lahaul Sweetvetch is a plant about 2 ft tall. Stem
is densely velvet-hairy. Leaves are compound, 10-20 cm long, Leaflets
are 21-29 in number, 1.8-2.5 cm long, linear-oblong, blunt, mucronate,
smooth above, velvety below. Flowers are borne in 5-7.5 cm long dense
racemes. Bracts are linear, longer than the bud. Flower-stalks are
shorter than the calyx. Calyx is 6-8 mm, silky velvety, teeth longer
than the cup. Flowers are reddish, keel longer than the vexillum. Fruit
is stipitate, 1-2 jointed, joints oblong, membranous, wing crisped on
the lower side and obscure above.
Lahaul Sweetvetch is found in Kashmir and Lahaul, at altitudes of
3000-4000 m. Flowering: June.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Kulu District, Himachal Pradesh. |
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