| Lemon-Yellow Primrose |
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| File size | 179228 |
| Original date | 6/10/16 11:47 AM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Primula stuartii Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Lemon-Yellow Primrose is a perennial herb with yellow
flowers 2-3 cm across, most often with rounded, prominently toothed
petals, many in a loose umbel, or sometimes with two superposed umbels,
borne on a flowering stem 20-40 cm tall. Flower tube is generally
longer than the calyx. Sepals are lanceshaped, up to 1 cm long, bracts
awl-shaped. Flower-stalks are up to 2.5 cm long. Calyx, bracts and
flowers are densely yellow-powdery. Leaves are lanceshaped, 10-30 cm
long, sharply toothed, yellow-powdery on the underside, narrowed to a
sheathing leaf-stalk. Lemon-Yellow Primrose is found in the Himalayas, from
Himachal Pradesh to Sikkim, at altitudes of 3600-4500. Flowering:
June-July.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed beyong Tsomgo lake, Sikkim. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,