| Diverse-Leaf Pimpinel |
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| File size | 165196 |
| Original date | 7/27/11 11:26 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 766 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Pimpinella diversifolia Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Diverse-Leaf Pimpinel is a perennial, velvet-hairy
herb, up to 1 m tall. Basal leaves sometimes simple, undivided, ovate
to heart-shaped; margin sawtoothed; stem leaves pinnate; leaflets 3-5,
lanceolate to oval or ovate, margin sawtoothed to laciniate. Involucral
bracts lacking. Rays are 5-20, 1-2.5 cm long, velvet-hairy. Involucel
of 4-6 linear bractlets or lacking. Petals are white, outer larger.
Fruit is ovate to ovoid, 2 mm long, hairless to velvet-hairy; ridges
not prominent. Diverse-Leaf Pimpinel is a common and a very variable
species found in the Himalayas, from E. Afghanistan to NE India, China
and Indo-China, S. Japan to Taiwan, at altitudes of 1500-3000 m.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed near Baramulla, Kashmir. |
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