| Long-Sepal Bellflower |
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| File size | 113396 |
| Original date | 6/28/12 2:55 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Campanula aristata Family: Campanulaceae (Bell flower family)
Synonyms: Campanula aristata var. longisepala, Campanula cylindrica
Synonyms: Campanula aristata var. longisepala, Campanula cylindrica
Long-Sepal Bellflower is a slender hairless
perennial herb characterised by small single blue funnel-shaped
flowers, looking down, with threadlike sepals longer than the flower.
Flowers are 8-10 mm long, lobed to nearly halfway. Stem leaves are
linearr, stalkless, 1-4 cm long. Basal leaves are long-stalked,
elliptic, almost entire. Stems are unbranched, 8-30 cm tall. Capsules
are narrow-cylindric, up to 3 cm long, with persistent sepal-tube.
Long-Sepal Bellflower is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to
Bhutan, at altitudes of 3100-4500 m. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Miroslav Dvorsky | Photographed in Nubra Valley, Ladakh. |
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