| Long-Stalk Loosestrife |
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| File size | 82019 |
| Original date | 9/18/11 10:28 AM |
| Resolution | 680 x 510 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/239s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix S5700 S700 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lysimachia alternifolia Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Synonyms: Lysimachia glandulosa, Lysimachia tetragona
Synonyms: Lysimachia glandulosa, Lysimachia tetragona
Long-Stalk Loosestrife is a small decumbent
herb, 6-25 cm, branching from base. Alternately arranged leaves are
ovate-lanceshaped, 2.5-3.5 cm long, lower stalked, upper stalkless.
Flowers yellow, occurring singly in leaf axils, on slender stalks
almost as long as leaves. Sepals are lanceshaped, longer than petals,
persistent in fruit. Flowers are flat, 5-8 mm across, petals oblong
gland-dotted. Filaments are fused at base. Capsule is hairless, shorter
than calyx, round. Long-Stalk Loosestrife is found in the
Himalayas, from Garhwal to Bhutan, Khasia Hills and Burma, at altitudes
of 1100-2400 m.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Chakrata, Uttarakhand. |
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