| Oriental Clematis |
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| Original date | 7/2/12 10:08 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Clematis orientalis Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Clematis orientalis var. tenuifolia
Synonyms: Clematis orientalis var. tenuifolia
Oriental Clematis is a woody climber with
long, slender, velvet-hairy branches. Flowers are yellow, sometimes
tinged with purple-brown. Sepals are 1.3-1.8 cm long, lanceshaped to
elliptic, sparsely velvet-hairy to nearly hairless outside. Flowers are
borne in 3- to many-flowered clusters, very occasionally the uppermost
flower-cluster-stalks carrying a single flower only.
Flower-cluster-stalks are 2-6-7 cm long. Leaves are loosely pinnate or
bi-pinnate. Leaflets are linear-lanceshaped, at least twice as long as
broad, 1.5-4 x 0.3-0.6 cm, entire or with 1-2 short lobes on either
side towards the base, or with several sawtoothed teeth, tip and lobes
pointed, hairless above and beneath. Oriental Clematis is
found in Western Himalayas, from E Afghanistan, N Pakistan to Kashmir
and Ladakh, at altitudes of 2000-4000 m. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed near Pangong lake, Ladakh. |
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