| Large Pale Gentian |
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| File size | 511760 |
| Original date | 10/14/13 10:48 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A3300 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Gentiana stipitata subsp. stipitata Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Synonyms: Gentianodes stipitata
Synonyms: Gentianodes stipitata
Large Pale Gentian is a clustered plant with a few
short spreading stems, and pale blue to pale mauve tubular flowers,
often with darker lines in the tube within, borne singly at stem ends.
Flowers are about 2.5 cm long, with broad fine-pointed lobes and with
blunt lobules a little shorter. Calyx has spoon-shaped sepals, about 6
mrn. Stem-leaves are elliptic about 8 mm, basal leaves in rosettes,
elliptic pointed, the outer to 1 cm. Stems are spreading, mostly 3-5
cm. Large Pale Gentian is found on stony slopes in the Himalayas, from
Uttarakhand to C. Nepal, E. Tibet and China, at altitudes of 3600-4500
m. Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Amber Srivastava | Photographed in Dronagiri, Chamoli, Uttarakhand. |
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