| Myrtle Honeysuckle |
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| File size | 184431 |
| Original date | 6/20/13 2:13 PM |
| Resolution | 4320 x 2432 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 108.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lonicera angustifolia var. myrtillus Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Synonyms: Lonicera myrtillus, Lonicera parvifolia var. myrtillus
Synonyms: Lonicera myrtillus, Lonicera parvifolia var. myrtillus
Myrtle Honeysuckle is a small rigid shrub with
slender prostrate branches. Flower are up to 7 mm long, yellowish-white
tinged with pink or completely pink. Tube is cylindrical or broadly bell-shaped, not
swollen at the base, nearly-equally 5-lobed, lobes rounded, erect.
Calyx teeth are prominent, triangular to linear. Stamens and style do
not protrude out of the flower. Berries 1, fused, red. Leaves are 5-20
mm long, elliptic, oblong or obovate oblong; leaf-stalk very short.
Bracts are leaf-like, amost as long as flower tube. Bracteoles fused,
cup-shaped, nearly as long as the ovaries, inconspicuous in fruit.
Myrtle Honeysuckle is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to SW
China, at altitudes of 2400-4500 m. Flowering: May-July.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Tawang distt., Arunachal Pradesh & Gulmarg, Kashmir. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,