| Slender-Stem Saxifrage |
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| File size | 395008 |
| Original date | 9/17/11 12:22 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Saxifraga filicaulis Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Synonyms: Hirculus filicaulis, Saxifraga mairei
Synonyms: Hirculus filicaulis, Saxifraga mairei
Slender-Stem Saxifrage is a branched annual herb
with tufted growth, 7-10 cm high. Stems are glandular-hairy to
hairless, slender and wiry. Leaves are numerous, 5-6 mm long,
alternate, sessile, linear-lanceshaped, sparsely ciliate, surfaces
usually hairless, tip spiny. Bulbils are present in leaf axils. Flowers
are bright yellow, solitary, at branch ends. Sepals are about 3 mm
long, ovate. Petals are 7 mm long, ovate, base clawed. Styles are
slender, 3 mm long, divergent; stigma headlike. Slender-Stem Saxifrage
is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, Tibet, and W. China,
at altitudes of 2700-3800 m. Flowering: June-October.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh |
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