| Purple-Red Honeysuckle |
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| File size | 508511 |
| Original date | 6/20/13 10:49 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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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 porphyrantha Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Synonyms: Lonicera mitis, Lonicera viridiflava
Synonyms: Lonicera mitis, Lonicera viridiflava
Purple-Red Honeysuckle is a rare but attractive
alpine shrub up to 1 m or more. Leaves are blue-green, inverted
lanceshaped, with bristly hairy margins and undersides. Flowers are
purplish-red, fuinnel-shaped, up to 2.5 cm, paired, brone from axils of
large leafy broad-ovate bracts. Stamens and styles do not protrude out.
Fruit is black, paired, not fused together. Purple-Red Honeysuckle is
found in the Himalayas, from E Nepal to SE Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh,
at altitudes of 3600-4000 m. Flowering: June.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed enroute to Sangetsar Lake, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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