| Mountain Chickweed |
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| Original date | 6/24/15 10:13 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cerastium cerastoides Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)
Synonyms: Stellaria cerastoides, Cerastium elegans, Dichodon cerastoides
Synonyms: Stellaria cerastoides, Cerastium elegans, Dichodon cerastoides
Mountain Chickweed is a small perennial herb, only 10-20 cm tall. Stems
are creeping in th lower part, rising up in the upper part, branched
distally, velvety. Leaves are linear-lanceshaped, 8-20 cm long, 1.5-2 mm
wide, with a long-pointed tip. Flowers are white, 1-1.5 cm across, borne
in 3-7-flowered cymes, rarely singly. Bracts are leaflike, lanceshaped.
Flower stalks are 1.5-2 cm long, glandular velvety, recurved in fruit.
Sepals are broadly lanceshaped, 4-6 mm, margin membranous. Petals are
obovate, 8-12 mm, 2-lobed for about 1/4 of their length. Stamens are 10,
styles 3. Capsule is cylindric, 1-1.2 cm, 6-toothed. Mountain Chickweed is
found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Himachal Pradesh, at altitudes of
3000-4800 m. Flowering: May-August.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
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