| Feather-Leaf Broom-Herb |
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| File size | 73668 |
| Original date | 8/19/11 12:42 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Leptorhabdos parviflora Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Synonyms: Leptorhabdos micrantha
Synonyms: Leptorhabdos micrantha
Feather-Leaf Broom-Herb is an annual herb, 20-100 cm tall,
short glandular hairy. Stems are erect, much branched and broomlike,
basally purple-brown. Leaves opposite, sometimes alternate above,
decreasing in size upward; lower leaf blade linear, 4-8 cm, pinnately
cut; segments 1-5 pairs, narrowly linear, margin entire or toothed.
Flower racemes are long; bracts linear. Calyx 3-5 mm, 10-veined; lobes
5, subulate-triangular, shorter than tube. Flowers are pink, about 6
mm; tube 2/3 of flower length; petals ovate-circular, 2-parted almost
to base. Capsule is oblong, 4-6 mm, margin apically short ciliate, apex
obtuse and emarginate. Feather-Leaf Broom-Herb is found in
Caucasus, C. Asia, Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal), W. Tibet, at altitudes
of 1700-3300 m. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed above Dachhigam, Kashmir. |
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