| Large-Leaf Knotweed |
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| File size | 483621 |
| Original date | 7/6/21 10:25 AM |
| Resolution | 2420 x 4235 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bistorta macrophylla Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
Synonyms: Persicaria macrophylla, Polygonum macrophyllum
Synonyms: Persicaria macrophylla, Polygonum macrophyllum
Large-Leaf Knotweed is a slender plant with stem
simple arising from a woody root stock, with a rounded or oval at
branch-ends cluster of pink or red flowers, usually about 1 cm long,
borne on a slender erect, nearly leafless stem. Flowers are drooping,
about 2 mrn. Leaves are oblong pointed to broadly linear,
parallel-sided, up to 2 cm broad but often much narrower, blade 3-12 cm
long, with a rounded base; lower leaves are long-stalked; stem mostly
5- 15 cm, but occasionally up to 30 cm. Large-Leaf Knotweed is found in
the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to SW China, at altitudes of 1700-4500
m. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Sunit Singh, J.P Mehta | Photographed in Madhmaheshwar, Uttarakhand. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,