| Spoon-Leaf Buttercup |
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| File size | 282154 |
| Original date | 6/22/13 9:57 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ranunculus trivedii Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Ranunculus lobatus, Ranunculus salsuginosus D.Don
Synonyms: Ranunculus lobatus, Ranunculus salsuginosus D.Don
Spoon-Leaf Buttercup is a perennial herb forming
clumps with fine fibrous roots; stem several prostrate, 5-7 cm high,
bearing leaf rosettes. Rosette leaves are 1-2.5 cm in diameter,
long-stalked; blade broadly ovate to rounded, nearly round,
heart-shaped at base, margins teeth rounded, sometimes deep forming
lobes, leathery, nearly hairless, dark green above, pale green beneath;
stem leaves, 3-lobed, shorter-stalked. Flower-cluster-stalk is 3.5-7.0
cm long, appressed hairy. Flowers are solitary, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter,
yellow. Sepals are ovate to ovate-oblong, 4-5 mm long, hairless,
rounded at tip. Petals are obovate to ovate-oblong, 4-7 cm in diameter
Achenes about 1.5 mm in oval head, slightly compressed, terminated by
the long straight style as beak. Spoon-Leaf Buttercup is is found in
the Himalayas to Tibet, at altitudes of Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Tawang distt., Arunachal Pradesh. |
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