| Showy Swertia |
|
 |
|
| File size | 391966 |
| Original date | 9/20/07 4:22 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 12.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/120s |
| Aperture | 12.4 |
| Focus Distance | |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX S6 |
| Sensor type |
 |
 ative |
 |
 |
Photo: |
Botanical name: Swertia speciosa Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Showy Swertia is a perennial herb with large lurid gray flowers with 5
narrlow elliptic spreading petals, each with paired long-fringed nectaries
at its base. Flowers are 2-2.5 cm across, in a long narrow cluster at the
top. Petals are 1.5-2 cm long, sepals narrow elliptic pointed, much
overlapping at at base, up to 1.5 cm long. Stem leaves are oppositely
arranged, elliptic, stalkless, 12-15 cm long. Basal leaves are stalked and
stem-clasping. Stem is rather thick, hollow, about 2-5 ft. Showy Swertia
is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Bhutan, at altitudes of
2700-4000 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,