| Sikkim Primrose |
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| File size | 207170 |
| Original date | 5/26/16 12:12 PM |
| Resolution | 1280 x 960 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 135.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS REBEL T4i |
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Botanical name: Primula sikkimensis Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Synonyms: Primula pseudosikkimensis
Synonyms: Primula pseudosikkimensis
Sikkim Primrose is a robust perennial herb of damp places and stream-sides,
with flowering stems up to 3 ft tall, bearing numerous fragrant pendulous
yellow flowers in umbels. Umbels are sometimes 2 superposed. Flowers are up
to 3 cm across, with entire or shallowly notched petals. Leaves are oblong-
elliptic, with toothed margins, narrowing to a winged stalk. Sikkim
Primrose is found in the Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West
Bengal, at elevations of 3000-4400 m.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Yathang, Sikkim. |
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