| Nilgiri Buttercup |
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| File size | 517812 |
| Original date | 10/26/14 1:03 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ranunculus wallichianus Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Ranunculus pinnatus
Synonyms: Ranunculus pinnatus
Nilgiri Buttercup is a prostrate perennial herb,
rooting at nodes. Leaves are pinnately 3-5-dissected. Leaflets are 6 x
3 cm, obovate, 3-5-lobed, sawtoothed, velvet-hairy, leaf-stalk 5-18 cm
long, sheathing at base. Flowers are 1 cm across, solitary,
leaf-opposed, flower-stalks 2 cm long, sepals 5, free, 4 x 2 mm,
oblong, hairy, petals 5, yellow, 5 x 3 mm, obovate, blunt. Stamens are
many, filaments 4 mm long, hairless; carpels many; style hairless.
Achenes are 4 mm long, ellipsoid, shortly tubercled, beak short.
Nilgiri Buttercup is endemic to Western Ghats. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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