| Falconer's Snoutbean |
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| File size | 446249 |
| Original date | 9/10/12 4:33 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1537 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Rhynchosia falconeri Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Falconer's Snoutbean It is a trailing shrub found
in the grasslands of the Himalayas, with slender stems densely clothed
with short, firm deflexed grey hairs. Leaves are trifoliate with
leaflets ovate-oblong, rounded at both ends. Flower racemes are carried
on long stalks, and are lax, 4-6-flowered. Sepal cup is hairy, 5 mm,
with linear teeth. Flowers are half as long as the sepal cup. Standard
petal is somewhat hairy. Seed-pods are 2.5 cm long, 1 cm wide, finely
velvety. 2-seeded. It is a threatened species found in the Garwhal
district of Uttarakhand, Himanchal Pradesh and west Nepal, at altitudes
of 1900-2000 m.
Identification credit: Krishan Lal
| Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |