| Wedge-Leaf Chesneya |
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| File size | 322145 |
| Original date | 6/27/12 8:23 AM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 108.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Chesneya cuneata Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Calophaca cuneata, Caragana cuneata, Gueldenstaedtia cuneata
Synonyms: Calophaca cuneata, Caragana cuneata, Gueldenstaedtia cuneata
Wedge-Leaf Chesneya is a tufted perennial herb with
a thick woody taproot, with short crowded stems with hairy pinnate
leaves, and with short-stalked somewhat large pink-purple flowers.
Flowers are pea-flower-shaped, 1-4 in each cluster. Standard petal is
2-3 cm, hairy outside. Sepal cup is cylindrical, about 1.8 cm long,
velvety-haired. Leaves are 2-5 cm long, leaflets oblong to obovate,
5-16 mm long, with blunt or nothed tip, velvety-haired. Stems are up to
15 cm long. Pods are 4-5.7 cm long, becoming hairless. Wedge-Leaf
Chesneya is found on stony slopes in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to
Kashmir, at altitudes of 2400-4300 m. It is common in Ladakh.
Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Ladakh. |
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