| Fuzzy Petal Indigo |
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| File size | 672245 |
| Original date | 8/13/21 3:47 PM |
| Resolution | 1840 x 1380 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 3.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 1.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | samsung |
| Camera model | SM-J610F |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Indigofera hebepetala Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Anil hebepetala
Synonyms: Anil hebepetala
Fuzzy Petal Indigo is an erect shrub 1-2 m tall.
Flower racemes are 7-18 cm bearing flowers almost to base of axis,
bracts boat-shaped, 4-5 x 2-3 mm, hooded and enclosing bud, abrupty
narrowed to a needle-like point 1.5-2 mm. Standard is obovate, 10 x 7
mm, outside hairy, standing at right angles to keel, dark crimson, wing
and keel 10 x 3 mm, pink. Sepal-cup is 2.5 mm, teeth short and broad.
Leaves are 6-18 cm, compound with 5-13 elliptic leaflets, 1.5-5 x
0.5-2.5 cm, blunt or notched, with a short sharp point, base rounded or
wedge-shaped, appressed velvet-hairy beneath, hairless or sometimes
appressed velvet-hairy on upper surface; stipules narrowly lanceshaped,
2-3 mm. Pods are round, straight, 30-50 x 3mm, hairless, 8-10-seeded.
Fuzzy Petal Indigois found in Pakistan to the Himalayas, at altitudes
of 1700-2900 m.
| Identification credit: Mansoor Ganaie | Photographed in Rafiabad, Kashmir. |
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