| Zanskar Milk-Vetch |
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| File size | 163930 |
| Original date | 6/27/12 12:20 PM |
| Resolution | 760 x 570 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Astragalus zanskarensis Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Tragacantha zanskarensis
Synonyms: Tragacantha zanskarensis
Zanskar Milk-Vetch is a perennial undershrub, with old
parts covered with persistent leaf bases. Leaves are imparipinnately
compound, about 7.5-10 cm long; leaflets about 21-25, about 6-10 mm
long, oblong, blunt, velvet-hairy on both the sides, hairs short,
silky, brown. Flowers are borne in shortly stalked racemes, shorter
than leaves; bracts linear, flower-stalk about 3-4 mm long, densely
velvet-hairy. Sepal-cup about 10-12 mm long, densely silky, teeth about
3-4 mm long. Standard is about 1.8-2 cm long. Wings are shorter than
the standard and the keel shorter than the wing. Zanskar Milk-Vetch is
found in Pakistan to W. Himalaya, in drier parts, at altitudes of
3300-4600 m. Flowering: June.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Nubra Valley, Ladakh. |
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