| Dark Blue Gentian |
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| File size | 134484 |
| Original date | 6/23/09 1:44 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 12.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/4000s |
| Aperture | 7.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E5700 |
| Sensor type |
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Botanical name: Gentiana carinata Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Dark Blue Gentian is a small compact annual herb, with dark blue flowers
clustered at the end of short branches. Flowers are about 1.3 cm long,
funnel-shaped. Petals and the lobules alternating with petals are equally
long, this giving the impression of a 10-petal flower. The lobules are
actually bilobed at the tip. The throat of the flowers has scales. Sepals
are lance-shaped, erect, shorter than the sepal tube. Basal leaves are
stalkless, oblong to lance-shaped, 2.5-3.5 cm long. Stem leaves are
smaller, the upper ones curved outwards. Stems are mostly 2-5 cm long.
Dark Blue Gentian is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Uttarakhand, at
altitudes of 3000-4300 m. Flowering: May-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh & Kashmir. |
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