| Root-Flower Milk-Vetch |
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| File size | 346770 |
| Original date | 6/15/14 12:29 PM |
| Resolution | 1276 x 957 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Astragalus rhizanthus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Astragalus pindreensis, Astragalus malacophyllus
Synonyms: Astragalus pindreensis, Astragalus malacophyllus
Root-Flower Milk-Vetch is a perennial herb, with
aerial stem almost absent. Flowers are clustered together on the
ground. arising almost from the root. Bracts are linear, small.
Flower-stalks are about 3 mm long. Calyx is about 1.6 cm long, lower
teeth about 6 mm, upper about 3-4 mm long. Flowers are yellow, vexillum
2.5 cm long, wing about 2.3 cm long, keel 2 cm long. Style glabrous;
ovary pilose. Stipules are about 1.5 cm long, obovate, margins frilly.
Leaf rachis and stalk are about 16-26 cm long, leaves imparipinnately
compound, leaflets opposite to subopposite, about 1.5-2.0 mm long,
about 5-10 mm broad, oblong, more or less hairless above, hairy below.
Fruit 1.2-2.0 cm long, densely silky, bilocular, 15-20-seeded.
Root-Flower Milk-Vetch is found in the Himalayas. Flowering: June-July.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess
| Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |