| White Dragonhead |
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| File size | 583108 |
| Original date | 7/25/23 3:51 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 600.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1250s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON Z 6_2 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dracocephalum heterophyllum Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
White Dragonhead is an aromatic perennial herb with
white flowers, sometimes tinged mauve or pink, borne in large dense
leafy cylindrical spikes up to 10 cm long and 2.5-4 cm across.
Flower-spikes are often larger than the rest of the plant. Bracts are
green, elliptic, lobed. Flowers are 2-3 cm long, hairy, with
flower-tube inflated above. Sepal cup is up to 2 cm long, variable in
size, hairless, with upper 3 teeth ovate, with bristly tips. Leaves are
2-3 cm, leathery, stalked, oblong-ovate with flat or heart-shaped base,
margins rounded-toothed. Stem is stout, 15-20 cm long. White Dragonhead
is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to SE Tibet, at altitudes of
3000-5000 m. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed enroute to Tsomoriri Lake, Ladakh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,