| Himalayan Saxifrage |
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| File size | 625977 |
| Original date | 8/15/06 11:20 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/377s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Saxifraga parnassifolia Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Himalayan Saxifrage is an erect perennial herb, 10-40 cm, with at
branch-ends clusters of few bright yellow flowers, and with upper leaves
triangular-heart-shaped with clasping rounded lobe and basal leaves
broadly ovate with heart-shaped base. Flowers are yellow, several, in a at
branch-ends cluster: petals 5-7 mm, broadly oblong-ovate; sepals broadly
ovate, shorter. glandular-hairy; flower-stalks glandular-hairy. Himalayan
Saxifrage is found in shrubberies and open slopes in the Himalayas,
from N Pakistan to Bhutan, at altitudes of 1900-4500 m. It is common
in Nepal. Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,