| Snow Creeper |
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| File size | 414940 |
| Original date | 9/14/12 4:48 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dinetus racemosus Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
Synonyms: Porana racemosa Roxb., Porana cordifolia
Synonyms: Porana racemosa Roxb., Porana cordifolia
Surprisingly rarely seen is this most attractive, lofty
climber with white flowers, borne in long slender branched clusters resembling
dazzling pathches of snow in the jungle. Flowers are small, about 0.8-1.3 cm
long, with somewhat rounded petals forming half the flower length. Petals are
up to 1.2 cm long, spreading. Sepals are oblong, hairy, 2 mm, enlarging and
papery in fruit up to 1.2 cm. Leaves are heart-shaped, pointed, 3-8 cm long.
Slender leaf-stalks are 1-8 cm. Bracts are heart-shaped, stem-clasping.
Snow Creeper is found in the
Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, China and SE Asia, at altitudes of
100-2400 m. Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pagé | Photographed in Sirmour distt., Himachal Pradesh & Manipur. |
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