| Long-Petal Milk-Vetch |
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| File size | 163930 |
| Original date | 6/27/12 12:20 PM |
| Resolution | 760 x 570 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Astragalus rhizanthus subsp. candolleanus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Astragalus candolleanus, Astragalus royleanus, Astragalus vexillilongus
Synonyms: Astragalus candolleanus, Astragalus royleanus, Astragalus vexillilongus
Long-Petal Milk-Vetch is a low very spiny shrublet,
with yellow flowers in dense stalkless clusters, compound leaves and
long spines formed from old leaves. Flowers are 1.5-2.5 cm long,
yellow, standard-petal longer than the wings and the much shorter keel. Sepal
tube is densely white silky-hairy. Leaves are 5-10 cm long, with 6-13
pairs of oblong to ovate leaflets 3-8 mm. The central rachis of old
leaves becomes woody and becomes a long thorn. Pods are 1.5-2.5 cm
long, with spreading silky hairs. Long-Petal Milk-Vetch is found in the
Himalayas, from Pakistan to C. Nepal, at altitudes of 2700-4500 m.
Flowering: May-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Nubra Valley, Ladakh. |
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