| Green-Heart Swertia |
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| File size | 591525 |
| Original date | 8/27/21 3:29 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 2.13mm |
| Exposure time | 1/220s |
| Aperture | 2.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | samsung |
| Camera model | SM-A715F |
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Botanical name: Swertia thomsonii Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Green-Heart Swertia is a perennial herb with an
unbranched stem 10-100 cm. Flowers are borne in panicles. Flowers are
4- or 5-merous, greenish yellow or with bluish tinge, tube 1-2 mm,
petals 3-8 x 1-3 mm, ovate, blunt or somewhat pointed. There are 2
glands on each petals which overlap to form a heart-shaped green spot,
fringed or rarely not or less fringed. Sepals are 3-10 x 1-3 mm, ovate,
pointed to tapering rarely blunt. Filaments are 4-5 mm, anther ovate.
Ovary is 4-6 mm, stigmas round to nearly so. Basal leaves are 5-15 x
05-15 cm, oblong ovate to ovate-spoon-shaped, blunt or somewhat
pointed, in a rosette. Stem leaves are 3-8 x 0.5-1 cm, fused at the
base. Capsule is 6-10 mm. Seeds flat annular winged. Green-Heart
Swertia is a endemic to Western Himalaya. mostly in Kashmir, at
altitudes of about 3000 m. Flowering: July-November.
| Identification credit: Anzar Khuroo, Tajamul Islam | Photographed in Kashmir. |
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