| Narrow-Leaf Hypericum |
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| Original date | 7/26/14 10:48 AM |
| Resolution | 796 x 597 |
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| Focal length | 27.15mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX300 |
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Botanical name: Hypericum podocarpoides Family: Hypericaceae (St John's Wort family)
Narrow-Leaf Hypericum is a small branched shrub, growing to 1.5 tall.
It has branches covered with numerous linear-lancelike, or narrow elliptic,
pointed leaves. Leaves are stalkless and arranged such that one opposite pair
is perpendicular to the next. Flowers are yellow, borne in few flower clusters
at the end of branches. Individual flowers are 3-4 cm across, petal obovate,
longer than sepals, stamens numerous in five clusters. Narrow-Leaf Hypericum
is found on open slopes and river banks in Uttarakhand at altitudes
of 800-2100 m. Flowering: April-July.
| Identification credit: D.S. Rawat | Photographed near Girgaon, Pithoragarh Distt, Uttarakhand. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,