| Long-Stalked Peashrub |
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| Original date | 5/22/11 5:37 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Caragana brevispina Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Long-Stalked Peashrub is an erect spiny shrub 2-3 m
tall, with pinnate leaves, and stalked clusters of yellow flowers which
turn orange-red as they mature. Flowers are generally two, borne ion a
stalk up to 2 cm long. Bracts are linear. Stabdard petal is 2-2.5 cm
long, rounded with reflexed sides, thicker and firmer than the wings
and straight keel. Sepal tube is 7-9 mm long, finely hairy, sepals
short with awn-like tips. Leaflets are 8-16, ovate to oblong, 0.8-2 cm,
with a fine point, silky-haired beneath. Old leaves harden into thick
spines up to 4 cm long with small basal spines. Pods are hairless, 4-5
cm long. Long-Stalked Peashrub is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir
to C. Nepal, at altitudes of 2400-3200 m.
Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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