| Blue Onion |
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| Original date | 6/20/15 11:24 AM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Allium caesium Family: Amaryllidaceae (Nargis family)
Synonyms: Allium urceolatum, Allium renardii
Synonyms: Allium urceolatum, Allium renardii
Blue Onion is a beautiful alpine plant
characterized by its dark blue flowers, in a lax umbel with slender
spreading flower-stalks twice as long as the flowers. Umbels are 3-4 cm
across, flowers about 5 mm long. Petals are narrow-elliptic pointed,
longer than the stamens. Stamen filaments have broad-elliptic bases.
Spathe has elliptic lobes shorter than the flower-stalks. Leaves are
1-2 mm broad, shorter than the 15-30 cm tall flowering stem. Blue Onion
is found in the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh and C. Asia, at altitudes
of 2400-3300 m. It is common in Lahaul.
Flowering: June-July.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess
| Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |