| Glandular Himalayan Honeysuckle |
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| Original date | 6/15/14 1:34 PM |
| Resolution | 1440 x 1080 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lonicera webbiana Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Synonyms: Lonicera adenophora, Lonicera oxyphylla, Lonicera alpigena
Synonyms: Lonicera adenophora, Lonicera oxyphylla, Lonicera alpigena
Glandular Himalayan Honeysuckle is a large shrub up to 3 m tall. Leaves are 5-12 x 1-2
cm, elliptic to ovate-oblong, narrow or rounded at the base, hairless
above, glandular-hairy and pale green beneath. Flower clusters are carried
on 3-5 cm long, stout, flattened stalks which are glandular-velvety.
Bracts are 4-6 mm long, linear-lanceshaped, bracteoles 1 mm long, free,
glandular-ciliate. Sepal cup is glandular-velvety, sepals triangular.
Flowers are bilobed, about 1.2 cm long. Tube is much shorter than petals.
Flowers are glandular-hairy both inside and outside, strongly gibbous at
the base, greenish-yellow diffused with deep red at the base. Berries are
about 7 mm long, ovoid, red, free. Glandular Himalayan Honeysuckle is found in the
Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, Burma, Tibet, China. It is a very
common shrub in moist forest under-growth between 2000-4000 m in the
Himalayas. Flowering: May-July.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal, Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh & Doda, J&K. |
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