| Purple-Bells Primrose |
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| File size | 326364 |
| Original date | 6/22/13 9:44 AM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Primula wattii Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Purple-Bells Primrose is distinguished by the violet flowers
with cut lobes and calyx and with a powdery eye. The flowering stem is
hairless and powdery and the leaves are hairy on both sides and
powdery. Leaves are 2.5-6 x 1-2.5cm, blunt, base broadly narrowed,
margin coarsely toothed, with long white hairs on both surfaces.
Flowering stem is 7-13 cm in flower, up to 20 cm in fruit, hairless,
bearing a head of 5-10 flowers. Calyx is 7-9 mm, flowers purple,
1.3-1.5 cm broad, with white powdery throat, petals oblong, 4-5 mm
long, irregularly toothed or fringed. Purple-Bells Primrose is found in
Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, N Myanmar, SE Tibet, at
altitudes of
| Identification credit: K.C. Pradhan | Photographed enroute to Bumla Pass, Arunachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,