| Hooked Stickseed |
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| File size | 410170 |
| Original date | 6/22/09 5:01 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 82.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 4.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Hackelia uncinata Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Hooked Stickseed is a perennial herb which looks quite similar to
Forget-Me-Not. Flowers are blue, up to
1.3 cm across, with rounded overlapping petals. The center of the flowers
have a yellow ring of blunt scales. The flowers are borne in lax branched
clusters. Leaves are broadly elliptic, narrow-pointed, with rounded or
shallow heart-shaped base. Leaves are stalked. Forget-Me-Not has narrow
lance-shaped leaves, and the flowers are smaller. Stems can grow 1-2 ft
tall. Nutlets have long hooked bristles. Hooked Stickseed is found in the
Himalayas, from Pakistan to SW China, at altitudes of 2700-4200 m.
Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand & Dachhigam, Kashmir. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,