| Kashmir Cinquefoil |
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| File size | 88472 |
| Original date | 6/20/10 4:55 AM |
| Resolution | 700 x 525 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Potentilla clarkei Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Kashmir Cinquefoil is a plant endemic to Kashmir,
an erect herb covered with long silky hairs. Leaves are compound with
5-7 leaflets, lower leaflets much smaller than upper. Stipules are
leaf-like, semi-ovate. Flowers are borne in stiff, branched clusters,
with stalkless leafy involucre. Flowers are 1.2-1.4 cm across, yellow;
flower-stalk 1.5-2.5 cm long; petals yellow, obovate; seed-pods large,
on elevated receptacle. Kashmir Cinquefoil is found in the Kashmir
Himalayas, at altitudes of around 3000 m.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed above Cheshmashahi in Srinagar, Kashmir. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,