| Nepal Monkey Flower |
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| File size | 353640 |
| Original date | 4/9/09 3:06 PM |
| Resolution | 1500 x 1125 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/30s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Erythranthe nepalensis Family: Phrymaceae (Lopseed family)
Synonyms: Mimulus nepalensis, Mimulus assamicus
Synonyms: Mimulus nepalensis, Mimulus assamicus
Nepal Monkey Flower is a perennial spreading herb, rooting at nodes, or
erect leafy stems 15-25 cm tall. Oppositely arranged elliptic leaves are
coarsely toothed and stalked, mostly 2-2.5 cm. Flowers are yellow,
tubular, weakly 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, 2-lobed, the lower one
3-lobed, spreading. Flowers are born singly in leaf axils, on stalks
which are generally longer than the leaves. Flowers are 1.5-2.5 cm long.
Sepal cup is 1 cm long, tubular, distinctly 5-angled, with very short
sepals. Sepal cup is inflated in fruit. Nepal Monkey Flower is found in
forests and damp place of the Eastern part of Himalayas, from C. Nepal to
SW China and Burma, at altitudes of 1200-3000 m. Flowering: April-September.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé | Photographed in Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim & Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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