| Yellow Himalayan Honeysuckle |
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| Original date | 6/29/12 10:39 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lonicera microphylla Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Synonyms: Lonicera bungeana, Lonicera alpigena, Caprifolium microphyllum
Synonyms: Lonicera bungeana, Lonicera alpigena, Caprifolium microphyllum
Yellow Himalayan Honeysuckle is a small shrub
upto 2 m tall. Leaves are small, 1.5-2.5 cm long, oblong or obovate,
velvet-hairy, nearly stalkless. Flower-cluster-stalks are 0.5-2 cm long,
slender, minutely velvet-hairy. Flowers are about 1 cm long, bilipped, pale
yellow, hairless; tube very short, strongly gibbous. Stamens and stigma
protruding. Sepal-cup is 3 mm long, lobes obsolete, margin,
wavy. Neighboring 2 ovaries fused completely or at least to middle.
Bracts are about 3 mm long, linear, longer than ovaries. Bracteoles
obsolete or minute. Berries are fused, about 4 mm long, spherical, red.
Yellow Himalayan Honeysuckle is found in NE Afghanistan to SW Siberia
and W Himalaya, Taiwan. It is found in the Himalayas at altitudes of
3000-4100 m. Flowering: June-July.
| Identification credit: Mansa Srivastav | Photographed in Nubra Valley, Ladakh. |
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