| Purple-Ring Swertia |
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| File size | 309033 |
| Original date | 8/16/06 4:04 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Swertia purpurascens Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Synonyms: Swertia ciliata, Ophelia ciliata, Ophelia purpurascens
Synonyms: Swertia ciliata, Ophelia ciliata, Ophelia purpurascens
Purple-Ring Swertia is an annual herb 20-100 cm tall,
with quadrangular stem, sometimes branched. Leaves are 1-6 x 0.5-2.5
cm, narrowly ovate, pointed, ciliate or not. Flowers are borne in
many-flowered panicles. Flowers are 5-merous. Sepals are 3-5 x 0.5-2
mm, narrowly ovate to ovate, pointed. Flowers are pale blue or bluish
white with purple band near the base above the gland, tube 0.5-1 mm,
3-7 x 1-3 mm, ovate, acute reflexed or not. Gland one per lobe,
horse-shoe-shaped. Filaments are flattened, puberulent, fused at base,
staminal tube 1.5-2 mm, anther oblong-ovate, obtuse. Ovary 5-9 mm,
gynophore 0.5-2 mm, style distinct, stigmas sub-linear. Capsule 6-15
mm. Purple-Ring Swertia is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Sikkim,
at altitudes of 2800-4000 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh, Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers & Chakrata, Uttarakhand. |
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