| White Hoary Pea |
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| File size | 784652 |
| Original date | 10/22/21 12:27 PM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 2736 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Tephrosia candida Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Cracca candida, Xiphocarpus candidus
Synonyms: Cracca candida, Xiphocarpus candidus
White Hoary Pea is an erect shrub, growing up to 2.5 m tall. Branches are
covered with silky-brown hairs. Leaves are compound, with 13-27 leaflets.
Leaflets are narrowly ovate, with a sharp or blunt tip, 2.5-7.5 cm long,
0.6-1.3 cm wide, smooth above, densely silky below. White pea-like flowers
appear in racemes on branches. The racemes are up to 25 cm long. Flowers
are 2-2.5 cm long. Sepal cup is 5-8 mm long, with the sepals shorter than
tube, densely hairy. Seed-pods are 6-10 cm long, 8-9 mm wide, densely
covered with brown or grey hairs. White Hoary Pea is found in the
Himalayas, at altitudes of 300-1300 m.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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