| River Willow-Herb |
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| Original date | 8/16/06 10:01 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 5.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/370s |
| Aperture | 4.8 |
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| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Epilobium latifolium Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose family)
River Willow-Herb is a clumped perennial, forming large colonies by sprouting
from woody rootstock. Stems are simple or moderately branched, becoming
hairless to dense bristly, 4-70 cm tall,
with a long nearly leafless branch-end spike-like cluster of prominent
pink flowers, and numerous spirally-arranged narrow-elliptic leaves on
the stem below. Flowers are up to 5 cm across, with rounded short-stalked
petals; styles short, 4-8 mm, and deflexed throughout flowering.
River Willow-Herb is found on river gravels, margins of streams and damp
slopes, in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to C. Nepal, N. Asia,
N. America, at altitudes of 3300-4500 m. Flowering: July-August.
Medicinal uses:
The entire plant is used in Tibetan medicine, it is
said to have a bitter taste and a cooling potency. Analgesic, antidote,
anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antirheumatic and febrifuge, it is used in
the treatment of fevers and inflammations, plus also itching pimples.
Medicinal uses:
The entire plant is used in Tibetan medicine, it is
said to have a bitter taste and a cooling potency. Analgesic, antidote,
anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antirheumatic and febrifuge, it is used in
the treatment of fevers and inflammations, plus also itching pimples.| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in the Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
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