| Roundleaf Rock Jasmine |
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| File size | 226572 |
| Original date | 6/29/07 2:07 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-S650 |
| Sensor type |
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Botanical name: Androsace rotundifolia Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Roundleaf rock jasmine is a lovely species growing to 15 cm tall. Leaves
are rounded as the name suggests, quite a deep green with paler mottling
along the veins. The round leaves are also shallowly to deeply lobed. Each
plant is quite tidy in form, the leaves held on long petioles and
forming a rosette from the centre of which rise the long flower stems. The
flowers are held in terminal heads with numerous flowers per head. Colour
is pale pink with a fine yellow eye. The petals are notched. Leafy elliptic
sepals are often longer than the petals, and are visible from the top. The
beautiful plant is found at altitudes of 1500-3600 m. Flowering:
June-July.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,