| Smooth-Leaf White Violet |
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| File size | 134061 |
| Original date | 5/21/17 1:58 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Viola pilosa Family: Violaceae (Violet family)
Synonyms: Viola serpens Wall., Viola pogonantha
Synonyms: Viola serpens Wall., Viola pogonantha
Smooth-Leaf White Violet is a perennial herb very
similar to the
Himalayan White Violet
differing in having narrower leaves which are narrower, longer,
ovate-lanceshaped, pointed to long-pointed, with thin white hairs or
almost hairless above. Leaves are 5-7-nerved or veined. Leaf-stalk is
almost as long as the leaf blade. Flowers are lilac to almost white,
1-1.5 cm across. Upper petals normally have hairs at the base. Stigma
is 3-lobed, beaked. Stipules are entire or toothed, not fringed.
Himalayan White Violet has fringed stipules. Smooth-Leaf White Violet
is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to SW China, Burma and SE
Asia, at altitudes of 1200-3000 m. Flowering: March-May.
| Identification credit: J.M. Garg | Photographed in Kalimpong, West Bengal. |
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