| Loosestrife Saxifrage |
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| Original date | 8/16/06 9:44 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/154s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Saxifraga moorcroftiana Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Synonyms: Saxifraga reflexa, Saxifraga lysimachoides
Synonyms: Saxifraga reflexa, Saxifraga lysimachoides
Loosestrife Saxifrage is an erect perennial herb,
10-40 cm tall. Lower leaves are hairless, 3-5 cm long, elliptic to
lanceshaped, base narrow, tip pointed, stalk 2-4 cm long. Stem leaves
are 1-2 cm, decreasing in size up-wards, ovate, stem-clasping,
glandular-hairy on margin. Flowers are yellow in clusters of 1-3 at the
top. Flower-stalks and upper portion of stem are glandular hairy.
Bracts are about 4 mm long. Sepals are 4-5 mm long, obovate, almost
free, glandular-hairy. Petals are about 7 mm long, oblong-ovate.
Filaments are slightly shorter than the petals. Styles are short,
divergent, stigmas prominent. Capsule is ovoid, about 7 mm long.
Loosestrife Saxifrage is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal,
S. Tibet, W. China, at altitudes of 3000-4500 m. Flowering:
August-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish, J.M. Garg | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand & Himachal Pradesh. |
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