| Lahaul Broomrape |
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| File size | 686143 |
| Original date | 6/22/15 11:53 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Orobanche hansii Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Lahaul Broomrape is a biennial or perennial,
parasitic on Artemisia species. It is 20-40 cm tall, hairless to
velvet-hairy; scales up to 12 mm long. Flowers spikes are dense. Bracts
are ovate, shorter than flower with strong parallel veins; bracteoles
absent. Calyx is about half as long as the flower with segments divided
to the middle with lanceshaped sepals. Flowers are 2.0-2.5 cm long,
nearly straight or slightly curved, hairless or nearly hairless,
tubulose, with short, rounded toothed, blue to violaceous petals.
Stamens are inserted on the flower tube at ovary level; filaments
hairless; anthers hairy. Capsules are 6-7 mm long. Lahaul Broomrape is
found in the Himalayas in Lahaul, in Bhaga valley and Pattan valley, at
altitudes of 3300-3700 m.
| Identification credit: Renata Piwowarczyk | Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,