| Tender Alpine-Sandwort |
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| File size | 284907 |
| Original date | 6/2/17 11:46 AM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lepyrodiclis tenera Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)
Tender Alpine-Sandwort is a small clustered annual
herb with slender, branched stems. It is a more tender plant compared
to the closely related
False Jagged-Chickweed.
Leaves are elliptic to ovate to oblong, stalked. Flowers are borne on
thread-like flower-stalks. Calyx is cylindrical, sepals lanceshaped,
pointed, puberulus. Petals are white oblong or gradually dilated
upwards, entire, about twice the length of sepals. Filaments are very
slender, hardly united at the base. Seeds are warty. Tender
Alpine-Sandwort is found in the NW Himalayas, from Afghanistan,
Pakistan eastward to Kashmir, at altitudes of 2000-2800 m.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Sonmarg, Kashmir. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,