| Roundleaf Forget-Me-Not |
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| File size | 350023 |
| Original date | 7/23/13 3:14 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Trigonotis rotundifolia Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Myosotis rotundifolia
Synonyms: Myosotis rotundifolia
Roundleaf Forget-Me-Not is a small tufted or
mat-forming forget-me-not like plant, with bright blue flowers with
yellow eye. Flowers are 6-8 mm across, in terminal clusters, borne on
short spreading stems about 8 cm or more.. Sepal cup is about 3 mm in
fruit. Basal leaves are elliptic to rounded and with a heart-shaped
base, 1-2 cm, stalked, with bristly prostrate hairs. Stem leaves are
stalkless, often with heart-shaped blade. Nutlets are shining black,
3-sided, 1-1.5 mm long. Roundleaf Forget-Me-Not is found in the
Himalayas, from Himachal Pradesh to Bhutan and SE Tibet, at altitudes
of 3600-5600 m. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed at Hamta Pass, Manali, Himachal Pradesh. |
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